RE: The Good
March 29, 2019 at 9:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2019 at 9:17 pm by Belacqua.)
(March 29, 2019 at 9:14 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Perhaps the acorn has more than one 'final purpose'...like potentially rooting and growing into a tree that will produce more acorns as well as to be a food source for squirrels.
There isn't just one purpose for many things in nature.
Yes, that's right.
Aristotelians often point out that water, for example, has many final causes: to float boats, to hydrate your body, to make noodles edible, etc.
Acorns also feed squirrels.