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Quotation from Parts of Animals by Aristotle
“For nature never makes anything superfluous or in vain”
Parts of Animals, Book III, Part 1, trans. William Ogle (1911, Oxford)
Stated while explaining why animals with tusks lack horns; a short form of Aristotle's teleological rule.
Citation: "For nature never makes anything superfluous or in vain" — Aristotle, Parts of Animals, Book III, Part 1, trans. William Ogle (1911, Oxford). (id aristotle-parts-of-animals-q4)
