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→Etymology: cause - philosophical naturalist belief that the dynamic nature of the physical universe is the universal cause of all that exists - minor revision of "force" to include dynamism
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.
<br/>[< MF (Middle French) ''causatif'' < L ''causativus'' < ''causa'' cause]
<br/>[< MF (Middle French) ''causatif'' < L ''causativus'' < ''causa'' cause]
:Philosophical naturalism asserts that the [[Dynamics|dynamic]] nature of the physical universe is the universal cause of all that exists.
:Christian doctrine [[Postulate|posits]] [[God]] as the eternally existing "uncaused cause" of all else that exists, self-existing and self-caused, without beginning, without end, "who was and is and ever shall be."
:Christian doctrine [[Postulate|posits]] [[God]] as the eternally existing "uncaused cause" of all else that exists, self-existing and self-caused, without beginning, without end, "who was and is and ever shall be."
<br/>[< OF ''poeir < LL ''potere'' < L ''posse'' to be able]
<br/>[< OF ''poeir < LL ''potere'' < L ''posse'' to be able]
'''force''': Power or energy; strength; power exerted on any resisting person or thing to compel change or action; also, the use of such power; coercion; the quality of anything that tends to produce an effect on the mind or will; capacity to convince or move; anything that changes or tends to change the state of rest or motion in a body.
'''force''': Dynamic power or energy; potential or active strength; power exerted on any resisting person or thing to compel change or action; also, the use of such power; coercion; the quality of anything that tends to produce an effect on the mind or will; capacity to convince or move; anything that changes or tends to change the state of rest or motion in a body.
<br/>[< F < L ''fortis'' brave, strong]
<br/>[< F < L ''fortis'' brave, strong]