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Single Idea 13226

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof]

Full Idea

There is an Order controlling all things.

Gist of Idea

An Order controls all things

Source

Aristotle (Coming-to-be and Passing-away (Gen/Corr) [c.335 BCE], 336b13)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'The Basic Works of Aristotle', ed/tr. McKeon,Richard [Modern Library Classics 2001], p.526


A Reaction

Presumably the translator provides the capital letter. How do we get from 'there is an order in all things' to 'there is an order which controls all things'?