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Book I Chapter 6 · I.6.17a.1–I.6.17a.2
Ancient Greek
p. 20217a ⟨Ἀετίου, Περὶ ἀρεσκόντων⟩
Ἀριστοτέλης διαφέρειν τῆς τύχης τὸ αὐτόματον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τύχης καὶ τοῦ αὐτομάτου εἶναι ἐν τοῖς πρακτέοις πάντως· τὸ δ’ αὐτόματον οὐκ ἀπὸ τύχης, ἐν γὰρ τοῖς ἔξω πράξεως· καὶ τὴν μὲν τύχην τῶν λογικῶν, τὸ δ’ αὐτόματον καὶ τῶν λογικῶν καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων καὶ ἀψύχων· καὶ τὴν μὲν τύχην προαιρέσεως συμβαίνειν, τὸ δ’ αὐτόματον ἀπροαιρέτως· καὶ τὴν μὲν τινος ὑπάρχοντος γίγνεσθαι, τὸ δὲ ἀλόγως, μηδενὸς ἔξω βουληθέντος.
17a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩· συνέχεια
Πλάτων τὴν τύχην ἀπεφαίνετο αἰτίαν ἐν ἀπροαιρέτοις κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς καὶ παρακολούθημα καὶ σύμπτωμα, καὶ προαιρέσεως κατὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ τέλος πρόθεσιν ἐναλλακτικὴν σχέσιν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 6
p. 20317a ⟨Aëtius, Opinions⟩: Aristotle
Aristotle says that spontaneous occurrence differs from chance. What happens by chance belongs also to spontaneous occurrence and lies entirely within the sphere of action; spontaneous occurrence, however, is not necessarily by chance, since it also takes place outside action. Chance belongs to rational beings, whereas spontaneous occurrence belongs to rational beings, irrational beings, and inanimate things alike. Chance accompanies deliberate choice, whereas spontaneous occurrence takes place without choice. The former occurs when something is already in place; the latter without a rational plan, with nothing outside having willed it.224
17a ⟨Aëtius⟩, continued: Plato
Plato declared chance to be an incidental cause in things not chosen, an accompaniment and a coincidence, and an altered relation of choice with respect to the intention directed toward the end.225
Socrates
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