DemocritusEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity. This is a very simple statement that can get to the heart of a philosophical argument. In this statement, Aquinas is saying that the universe came into being through a combination of necessity and chance. On one hand, we have necessity, which is God’s will for us, and on the other hand we have chance, which is what happens when God does not interfere.
If God were to intervene every time a person did something, there would be no room for free will. Free will means that we have the ability to do things differently from what God commands us to do.
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