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Hence as regards the things that are or come to be by nature, though
that from which they naturally come to be or are is already present,
we say they have not their nature yet, unless they have their form
or shape. That which comprises both of these exists by nature, e.g.
the animals and their parts; and not only is the first matter nature
(and this in two senses, either the first, counting from the thing, or
the first in general; e.g. in the case of works in bronze, bronze is
first with reference to them, but in general perhaps water is first,
if all things that can be melted are water), but also the form or
essence, which is the end of the process of becoming.-(6) By an
extension of meaning from this sense of 'nature' every essence in
general has come to be called a 'nature', because the nature of a
thing is one kind of essence.
From what has been said, then, it is plain that nature in the
primary and strict sense is the essence of things which have in
themselves, as such, a source of movement; for the matter is called
the nature because it is qualified to receive this, and processes of
becoming and growing are called nature because they are movements
proceeding from this. And nature in this sense is the source of the
movement of natural objects, being present in them somehow, either
potentially or in complete reality.
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We call 'necessary' (1) (a) that without which, as a condition,
a thing cannot live; e
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