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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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An unworn sandal is in vain, but nothing in nature is in vain [Aristotle]
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396
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There has to be some goal, and not just movement to infinity [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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'Purpose' is like the sun, where most heat is wasted, and a tiny part has 'purpose' [Nietzsche]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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If the world aimed at an end, it would have reached it by now [Nietzsche]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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Aether moves in circles and is imperishable; the four elements perish, and move in straight lines [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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An element is what bodies are analysed into, and won't itself divide into something else [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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7206
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Things are strong or weak, and do not behave regularly or according to rules or compulsions [Nietzsche]
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7140
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Chemical 'laws' are merely the establishment of power relations between weaker and stronger [Nietzsche]
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All motions and 'laws' are symptoms of inner events, traceable to the will to power [Nietzsche]
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