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As a matter of historical record (ie, the recorded words of the people at the time rather than what folks said later) neither North nor South considered slavery as the * causis belli*.
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June 7, 2010 at 3:03 am that majiklol bonking stick is knot to bee trustid… causis mayhem an havvokk wherever it be bonked!
Video: Kitteh Begs Politely - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Bardenhewer, O. (1882) Die pseudo-aristotelische Schrift ueber das reine Gute bekannt unter dem Namen Liber de causis.
Greek Sources in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy D'Ancona, Cristina 2009
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Using material found in Proclus, the Liber de causis, and Avicenna's Metaphysics, Dietrich explains the order of the procession of these four kinds of beings as follows:
Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009
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This school includes Proclus and the author or authors of the Liber de causis.
Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009
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In other words Dietrich identifies God with the ineffable One that he found mentioned in the Liber de causis.
Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009
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Quodlibeta, in concordance with the theory in De causis according to which the first of created things is being.
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Here Dietrich is following a distinction he finds in the Liber de causis, where creation is understood as the bestowal of being while production is taken to be a formative causality proper to creatures.
Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009
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He was asked why America chose WMDs as a causis belli when none existed.
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September 21, 2008 at 4:30 am mebbeh fur sabety causis? ai meen… u wuddnt wanna be huggded bi a superstrawng kitteh furgetting bout hims superpowers?
Ma and Pa Kent lern trufe - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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