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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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'Nature' refers to two things - form and matter [Aristotle]
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Nothing natural is disorderly, because nature is responsible for all order [Aristotle]
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Nature is a principle of change, so we must understand change first [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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Nature has purpose, and aims at what is better. Is it coincidence that crops grow when it rains? [Aristotle]
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Covers are for shields, and sheaths for swords; likewise, all in the cosmos is for some other thing [Chrysippus]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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Teeth and crops are predictable, so they cannot be mere chance, but must have a purpose [Aristotle]
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A thing's purpose is ambiguous, and from one point of view we ourselves are ends [Aristotle]
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The nature of a thing is its end and purpose [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function
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Is ceasing-to-be unnatural if it happens by force, and natural otherwise? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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Continuity depends on infinity, because the continuous is infinitely divisible [Aristotle]
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The heavens seem to be infinite, because we cannot imagine their end [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Matter desires form, as female desires male, and ugliness desires beauty [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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When Aristotle's elements compound they are stable, so why would they ever separate? [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry on Aristotle]
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The later Stoics identified the logos with an air-fire compound, called 'pneuma' [Chrysippus, by Long]
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Fire is a separate element, not formed with others (as was previously believed) [Chrysippus, by Stobaeus]
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Stoics say earth, air, fire and water are the primary elements [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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