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    Causal adequacy requires that the objective reality of an idea have a cause containing at least as much formal reality, which a finite mode cannot supply for ideas of infinity or geometric necessity.

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    Causal adequacy(as the standard being used to judge whether a theory is complete)
    The idea that you have enough explanations or causes to fully account for why something happens or exists.
    Finite mode(Cartesian metaphysics)
    In Descartes' philosophy, a thing that exists and has limited power or duration—basically any regular physical object or individual creature.
    Geometric necessity(as what the statement discusses the origin of)
    The fact that geometric truths (like 'a triangle's angles add up to 180 degrees') must be true and couldn't possibly be otherwise.
    Ideas of infinity(epistemology and metaphysics)
    Mental representations or concepts of something without limits or boundaries, like the idea of infinite space or an all-powerful being.
    formal reality

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    (Used in Descartes' causal principle in Meditation III)
    The degree of reality a thing possesses in itself, as an actually existing entity
    objective reality(Contrasted with formal reality in Descartes' causal principle in Meditation III)
    The degree of reality belonging to the object or content represented by an idea, as it exists within the idea

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