[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v2.c35.97 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.97 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.97 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.97) The plurality of causes requires a further consideration in the light of the definition of the causal relation. A cause is defined to be the unconditional invariable antecedent. From the unconditionality, it follows that the entire sum of conditions, and not one single condition, is, properly speaking, the cause. In view of the plurality of causes, an invariable antecedent must be taken to mean that any particular cause (i.e., assemblage of causal conditions) is invariably followed by the effect,—not that the effect is invariably preceded by any particular cause. - [Previous: v2.c35.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.96) - [Next: v2.c35.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.98) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c35.97) · Pramāṇa