Cause and effect are only distinguishable vantage points on the same motion.

Evidence

Each body attracts towards it all the rest, and, were it to have place singly, the attraction thus exercised might be considered as if it operated in the character of a cause; but each body is attracted by every other, and, were it to have place singly, the attraction thus suffered might be considered in the character of an effect. But, in fact, the two words are but two different names for one and the same effect. In the case of motions that have place among the distinct bodies with which the surface of our earth is covered, action and causation are the phenomena exhibited by different bodies in the character of agents and patients. In the case of the celestial bodies, considered each in its totality, no such distinction has place. No such character as that of agent – no such character as that of patient, belongs separately to any one. They are each one of them agent and patient at the same time. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 545

Categorization

• XREF: A proto-Newtonian symmetry argument: mutual attraction makes causality a relational fiction. Resonates with relational theories of force and with the general relativity image of spacetime curvature. — connects to: No effect has a single cause; every effect results from many circumstances — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 569

Related

• No effect has a single cause; every effect results from many circumstances (similarity 0.85)
• The word ‘cause’ conflates a body with its action (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• No effect has a single cause; every effect results from many circumstances #expands (0.75) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 569