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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes [Bacon]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle on Anaximander]
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Anaximander introduced the idea that the first principle and element of things was the Boundless [Anaximander, by Simplicius]
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Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice [Anaximander]
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405
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The essential nature, whatever it is, of the non-limited is everlasting and ageless [Anaximander]
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