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The First Principle of All things

Introduced in Aristotle's Metaphysics: Book 1 section 4 pg.983b, The First Principle of All Things is where all causes, first principles, singulars, and universals are formed; all things are generated here. The things that are generated within the principle are permanent, however, they undergo changes throughout passive state within it's lifetime.

Aristotle state the principle to be as followed: "Now, the majority of those who first formed systems of philosophy consider those that subsist in a form of matter to be alone the principle of all things; for wherefrom all entities arise, and whereform they are generated, as from an original, and whereto they are corrupted,-ultimately the substance, indeed, remaining permanent, but in its passive state undergoing a change,-this they assert to be an element, and this a first principle of all things."

The First Principle of All Things born causes change in a passive state throughout their lives, this is directly related to Aristotle's: Metaphysics section 1 pg.981a where it is stated that art and science are produced through means of experience; a single universal opinion for a cause or principle will be evolved."But science and art result unto men by means of experience, for experience, indeed, as Polus Saith, and correctly so, has produced art, but inexperience, chance. but an art come into being when, out of many conceptions of experience, one universal opinion is evolved with respectto similar cases."