Aristotle says his philosophical opponents “destroy necessity.”
So long as they are looking at the creation, his opponents are right: Nature is wholly contingent, entirely unnecessary, like art.
Aristotle searches for, and thinks he finds, necessity in creation. His philosophy is a refined idolatry.
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