Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Actions stem from specific drivers like chance or reason.
- In plain terms
- People act for reasons like chance or habit.
- What can you take from it?
- Actions have causes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives your action?
- How many causes exist?
Another view
Some acts seem spontaneous.
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