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| It is asked whether anything is fortuitous or by chance in respect to the nature of a universal cause, which is intelligence or the heavens | 125 |
| It is asked whether it is possible for anything to be by chance or fortuitous in the universe and the parts of the universe | 125 |
| It is asked whether fortuitous and chance events come from the intention of universal causes, and it is asked whether they come from the intention of the first cause The "first cause" usually refers to God in this philosophical tradition. | 126 |
| It is asked whether the natural philosopher should determine the nature of causes: it is asked concerning the number of causes natural philosopher: "physicus" in the original, referring to a scholar who studies the natural world and its laws. | 127 |
| (It is asked concerning the manner of considering causes) | 129 |
| It is asked whether the natural philosopher should determine all causes: whether he should consider chance and fortune | 129 |
| It is asked whether the efficient cause and fortune coincide | 130 |
| It is asked whether matter coincides with the efficient cause | 131 |
| It is asked whether the efficient cause and form coincide in one thing according to species or according to number | 132 |
| It is asked whether nature acts for a purpose original: "propter aliquid" – literally "for the sake of something," the concept that nature has goals or ends. | 132 |
| It is asked whether there is anything erroneous in nature, or a "sin," or a monster sin: "peccatum" here refers to a natural error or failure to reach a goal, such as a birth defect, rather than a moral transgression. | 134 |
| It is asked whether monsters occur in nature through the corruption of some principle | 135 |
| (It is asked what a monster is) monster: "monstrum" refers to any biological anomaly or significant deviation from the normal form of a species. | 136 |
| It is asked whether "sin" natural error results from the union of the sexes | 136 |
| It is asked concerning "sin" natural error, whether it exists in plants | 136 |
| (It is asked whether there can be a monster in plants) | 137 |
| It is asked whether a monster or "sin" natural error occurs in the generation of animals: it is asked whether a monster occurs there | 138 |
| It is asked concerning monsters, whether they ought to be in animals | 138 |
| It is asked whether a monster occurs in inanimate things | 138 |
| It is asked whether "sin" natural error results from an excess of matter | 139 |
| It is asked whether "sins" natural errors and monsters are from the intention of nature | 140 |
| It is asked from what source necessity arises in animals, whether matter imposes necessity upon a thing | 140 |
original: "Est autem necessarium" – this is a reference to a specific section of Aristotle's text being discussed.
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| It is asked whether the efficient cause gives necessity to a thing | 141 |
| It is asked whether the external end imposes necessity upon a thing | 142 |
| It is asked whether the form imposes necessity upon a thing | 143 |
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| It is asked whether the infinite can be an infinite substance separate from all magnitude | 144 |