Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. — Aristotle

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

In the original Greek

εἰ οὖν ἡ φύσις μηθὲν μήτε ἀτελὲς ποιεῖ μήτε μάτην

Politics · 350 BC
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Current citation
Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.
Original citation
Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 1.

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