final cause

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A noble doubt perpetually suggests itself, whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe; and whether nature outwardly exists.

From Nature by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The principle of Intentionality or Final Cause; "every means supposes an end contemplated, and a choice and adaptation of means to secure the end."

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

He is the internal or self-realized Final Cause, having no end beyond Himself.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Moral Theology continues the pursuit of knowledge of God, concentrating upon Him as He is the Final Cause of things.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

Next I will enquire in to the Efficient, and then into the Final Cause of Pastorals.

From De Carmine Pastorali (1684) by Congleton, J. E. (James Edmund)