A philosophical category that reveals the causal connection of objective things; one of the manifestations of the universal connection and interaction of objective matters. “Reason” refers to the matter or phenomenon that causes another matter or phenomenon, which is the condition for causing a certain result. “Result” refers to the matters and phenomena caused by reasons, which is a certain state a matter develops and reaches at a certain stage. For example, the development of social internal contradictions is the reason that promotes social metabolism, while the transition from the old society to the new is the result of the development of social internal contradictions…
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