Full Idea
How is there to be an arrangement of the world at all, in the absence of something eternal, separable and permanent?
Gist of Idea
The world can't be arranged at all if there is nothing eternal and separate
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1060a21)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.322