If A is when B is, and B is when C is, and if C exists not by chance but of necessity, that also of which C was cause will exist of necessity, down to the last causatum as it is called (but this was supposed to be accidental). Therefore all things will be of necessity, and chance and the possibility of a thing's either occurring or not occurring are removed entirely from the range of events.
Esate baterako, honako hau horko hori izaten denean izaten bada eta horko hori hango hura izaten denean, eta hango hura halabeharrez gertatu ez 10) bazen, nahitaez baizik, orduan hori zeinaren hango hura kausa zen ere nahitaez izango da, azkeneko ondoriora heldu arte (akzidentalki omen zena, alegia); beraz, gauza guztiak nahitaez izango dira, eta zerbait bi moduotan halabeharrez gertatzea, baita sortzeko eta ez-sortzeko posibilitatea ere, erabat ezabatuta geratzen dira sortuak diren gauzen artean.