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Full Idea
Even if luck or the automatic are the cause of the world, mind and nature are prior causes still.
Gist of Idea
Even if the world is caused by fate, mind and nature are still prior causes
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1065b03)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.338