
Aristotle's Biology
In Our Time: Science
Aristotle's Balance of Nature and God
Melvin: Aristotle has this quite strange balance that he's trying to strike. On the one hand, trying to say that everything is done for a purpose in nature and animals are the best demonstration of that. And at the same time, not wanting to admit any kind of creator or provident God. He thought it was a prime mover, but he didn't think it was a god. That's right. The prime mover is as close as it gets to a god, but he's not actively doing anything.
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