Chrysippus

Of causes, some are complete and primary, others auxiliary and proximate. Hence, when we say that all things come about through fate by antecedent causes, we do not mean this to be understood as 'by complete and primary causes,' but 'by auxiliary and proximate causes.

Greek Philosopher

Richard Dawkins

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection.

English Scientist

David Petraeus

The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.

American General

Muhammad Iqbal

The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.

Pakistani Poet

Reinhold Niebuhr

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

American Theologian

Refers to literal closeness in distance or relationship, often used in everyday situations.

Physical Proximity

Used to indicate that something is the closest and often most relevant or important in context.

Emphasize Importance

Specifies the direct reason for a legal outcome, used to establish fault or cause.

Legal Responsibility

In legal discussions, it determines which cause is legally recognized as having direct impact.

Case Analysis

Used in biology to describe parts of organisms relative to a point of reference, such as the body.

Physical Connection

Helps describe the location of body parts in relation to each other in medical and biological contexts.

Anatomical Terms

 Some people would say it's technology. Now it's true, technology has accumulated through human history, and right now, technology advances extremely rapidly -- that is the proximate cause, that's why we are currently so very productive.

Proximate