Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.17
“First Theory.—There is no Providence at all for anything in the Universe; all parts of the Universe, the heavens and what they contain, owe their origin to accident and chance; there exists no being that rules and governs them or provides for them. This is the theory of Epicurus…”
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Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.17
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