A philosophical theory on causation which asserts that created substances cannot be efficient causes of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused directly by God. Natural things appearing to behave in a certain predictable way are merely following a habit. Heat follows fire and hunger follows a lack of food as a matter of habit, not necessity. Things are taken to be governed on whims by magical powers, not by laws accessible to the human mind.
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