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Aristotle's Biology

In Our Time: Science

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Aristotle's Theology of Evolution

Aristotle is not an evolutionist or a creationist. He's an eternalist, which is an altogether weird thing. And then when you push beyond it, what you get into is this weird astro theology in which he argues that the stars themselves are alive. They're actually living creatures which are more perfect than us. I mean, it's all weird.

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