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Quotation from Posterior Analytics and Physics by Aristotle

“It is plain then that nature is a cause, a cause that operates for a purpose.”

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Posterior Analytics and Physics, Physics II.8 (199b), trans. R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye (1930)

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The conclusion of Aristotle's case for teleology in nature.

Citation: "It is plain then that nature is a cause, a cause that operates for a purpose." — Aristotle, Posterior Analytics and Physics, Physics II.8 (199b), trans. R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye (1930). (id aristotle-posterior-analytics-and-physics-q8)

Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.

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