Quote: there is a definite beginning and the reasons for things are not infinite

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Thus, … there is a definite beginning, and the reasons … infinite regress in the production of things from … … For in the infinite series here described and … and hence where there is no first term, … [p. 38 994b 20] In short, if the factors of explanation … we think that we know when we know …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: there can be no infinite regress in the production of things

Quote: where there is no first term, there is no explanation at all; no infinite regress

Quote: we know when we know how to explain adequately; adding factors infinitely should take endless time

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