Full Idea
Some people find there is no such thing as a chance event. ..If someone chanced to come into the city square and met someone he wanted to meet but had not expected, they say the cause was his wanting to go and do business in the square.
Gist of Idea
Maybe there is no pure chance; a man's choices cause his chance meetings
Source
Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 195b39)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.42
A Reaction
Aristotle spends the book discussing the problem. There is a clear candidate for an uncaused event here, in the chance meeting of two people. See Idea 13108.
Related Idea
Idea 13108 Chance is a coincidental cause among events involving purpose and choice [Aristotle]