Full Idea
Laws do not appear in Aristotle's metaphysics, and it wasn't until Descartes and Newton that laws entered the intellectual mainstream.
Gist of Idea
There are no laws of nature in Aristotle; they became standard with Descartes and Newton
Source
Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 01.5)
Book Reference
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.13
A Reaction
Cf. Idea 5470.
Related Idea
Idea 5470 The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis]