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Single Idea 613

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning ]

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 Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.338