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Since 'being' in general has several senses, of which one is
'being by accident', we must consider first that which 'is' in this sense. |
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That a science of the accidental is not even possible will be evident
if we try to see what the accidental really is. |
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Evidently there are not causes and principles of the accidental,
of the same kind as there are of the essential; |
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As to that which 'is' in the sense of being true or of being by accident,
the former depends on a combination in thought and is an affection
of thought (which is the reason why it is the principles, not of that
which 'is' in this sense, but of that which is outside and can exist
apart, that are sought); |
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Adaptation to an end is found in events that happen by nature or
as the result of thought. |
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Since nothing accidental is prior to the essential, neither are accidental
causes prior. |
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