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And if that which is subsequent in
being or generation can come into being, so then can
that which is antecedent; for instance, if a man can come into being, so can a
child, for the child is antecedent; and similarly, if a child can come into
being, so can a man, for the child is a beginning.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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