Sentence examples similar to a cause for existence from inspiring English sources
The effective indifference of essences must therefore be taken in a narrower sense (than in Avicenna too): every creatural essence tends naturally toward non-being (in Avicennian terms, no possible essence, in the absence of a cause for its existence, could exist), though this inclination can be reversed by an external cause.
11th century: since an infinite regress of causes is impossible, Avicenna argues, things that depend on a cause for their existence must have something that exists through itself as their first cause.
In his considerations about the existence of a cause for order in the universe, Mill mentions only in passing the work of Charles Darwin, that natural selection is the cause of apparent design in the natural world.
It is a cause for concern that, despite the existence of evidence-based interventions, the majority of children and young people with anxiety disorders do not access treatment.
It's an unfortunate movie for an extraordinary group of actors — which is why it's important to distinguish the experience of watching the new "Ghostbusters," which is difficult to celebrate, from the essential fact of its existence, which is a cause for celebration.
Approaching so close to non-existence, but surviving, has been a cause for such a positive attitude now amid pain from rehabilitation to overcome back injuries.
The mere existence of a double standard was not a cause for pausing the executions earlier this year.
The very existence of a bar menu is always a cause for celebration, even if it's just some warm mixed nuts.
The existence of a male biological clock, and its ceaseless tick-tocking, is a "cause for concern" that has been cropping up on and off for years now.
