Are We Just Accidents? Evolution in the Light of Faith | Prof. Tomás Bogardus
The Thomistic Institute
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Aristotle's Theology of Nature
Aristotle thought that there are natural substances. Some of them are elements like earth, fire, air and water. For aristotle, nature is a purely functional concept. So if we were to find on an alien planet atures that were perfect duplicates of our dogs, i think the view is that those would just be dogs. And even if these creatures on thelin plant are not evolutionary, evolutionary rated to oher dogs, they just would be dogs. That's all i wanted to say about that. I'm now wergin ou move in te more philosophical territory, where i feel a lot more comfortable.
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