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Nature makes nothing in vain. — Aristotle · Smartyfair

Nature makes nothing in vain.

Aristotle384–322 BC · philosopher · Ancient GreeceAristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who studied nearly everything — biology, physics, poetry, and politics — and organized knowledge in ways that shaped science for centuries.6 quotes

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Nature never makes anything without a reason for it.

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What turned up: Politics, Book I, Part II (Bekker 1253a9), Benjamin Jowett translation, 1885 (public domain, MIT Classics Archive).
Work: Politics
Occasion: c. 350 BCE · Athens · lecture notes on human nature, delivered at the Lyceum
Sources checked: classics.mit.eduChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026MIT Classics Archive, exact verbatim match

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