He was thus critical of Empedocles's materialist theory of a "survival of the fittest" origin of living things and their organs, and ridiculed the idea that accidents could lead to orderly results.
hiː wʌz ðˈʌs kɹˈɪɾɪkəl ʌv ɛmpˈɛdəkəlzᵻz mətˈɪɹiəlˌɪst θˈiəɹi əvə "sɚvˈaɪvəl ʌvðə fˈɪɾɪst" ˈɔːɹɪdʒˌɪn ʌv lˈɪvɪŋ θˈɪŋz ænd ðɛɹ ˈɔːɹɡənz, ænd ɹˈɪdɪkjˌuːld ðɪ aɪdˈiə ðæt ˈæksɪdənts kʊd lˈiːd tʊ ˈɔːɹdɚli ɹɪzˈʌlts.