Cause of action is first, but end is last
For a cause is naturally first. But an end, in its very name, implies something that is last. Therefore an end is not a cause. But that for which a man acts, is the cause of his action; since this preposition "for" indicates a relation of causality.
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Man's last end »Man's last end
1. Whether it belongs to man to act for an end? »1. Whether it belongs to man to act for an end?
It would seem that it does not »It would seem that it does not
Cause of action is first, but end is last
End last in execution, first in intention »End last in execution, first in intention
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