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Ideas for 'works', 'Coming-to-be and Passing-away (Gen/Corr)' and 'On the Very Idea of a Third Dogma'

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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
13227 Being is better than not-being [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: Being is better than not-being.
     From: Aristotle (Coming-to-be and Passing-away (Gen/Corr) [c.335 BCE], 336b29)
     A reaction: [see also Metaphysics 1017a07 ff, says the note] This peculiar assumption is at the heart of the ontological argument. Is the existence of the plague bacterium, or of Satan, or of mass-murderers, superior?
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
13226 An Order controls all things [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: There is an Order controlling all things.
     From: Aristotle (Coming-to-be and Passing-away (Gen/Corr) [c.335 BCE], 336b13)
     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'?