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Posterioʹri

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An argument a posterioʹri is one from effects to cause. Thus, to prove the existence of God a posterioʹri, we take the works of creation and show how they manifest power, wisdom, goodness, and so on; and then we claim the inference that the maker of these things is powerful, wise, and good. Robinson Crusoe found the footprints of a man on the sand, and inferred that there must be a man on the island besides himself. (See Priori.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Posse Comitatus (Latin)
Posset
Post
Post Factum (Latin)
Post Meridian (Latin)
Post-mortem (Latin)
Post-mortem Degree (A)
Post Obit
Poste Restante (French)
Posted
Posteriori
Posthumus (Leonatus)
Posting-Bills
Posy
Pot
Pot-boilers
Pot-luck
Pot Paper
Pot-Pourri (French)
Pot Valiant
Pot-de Bière

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A priori [Latin, from an antecedent]
Priori