Chrysippus quote

Of causes, some are complete and primary, others auxiliary and proximate. Hence, when we say that all things come about through fate by antecedent causes, we do not mean this to be understood as 'by complete and primary causes,' but 'by auxiliary and proximate causes.'
Chrysippus
Chrysippus
Chrysippus
Died: 206 BC

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Fate, Others, Complete, Say, All Things, Some, About, Through, Primary, Come, Understood, Causes, Mean, Hence, Things

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