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causa sui

(Latin, cause of itself)

The (problematic) property possessed only by God, of being his own cause, i.e. independent of any other ground, yet containing within himself a sufficient explanation of his own being.
The CAUSA SUI is the best self-contradiction that has yet been conceived, it is a sort of logical violation and unnaturalness;

Nietzsche
by themasterishome November 30, 2013
mugGet the causa suimug.

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