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Quotation from On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle
“coming-to-be should itself come-to-be perpetually' is the closest approximation to eternal being”
On Generation and Corruption, Book II, ch. 10, trans. H. H. Joachim (1922)
The conclusion of Aristotle's argument that nature strives after the better and that continuous generation is the next best thing to eternal being.
Citation: "coming-to-be should itself come-to-be perpetually' is the closest approximation to eternal being" — Aristotle, On Generation and Corruption, Book II, ch. 10, trans. H. H. Joachim (1922). (id aristotle-on-generation-and-corruption-q5)
