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Hence this method is not that of natural science, because presumably all nature is concerned with matter. Hence we should first inquire what nature is; for in this way it will become clear what the objects of natural science are [and whether it belongs to one science or more than one to study the causes and principles of things].These words have evidently been inserted to form a kind of link with the subject matter of the Metaphysics. The book is almost certainly part of a quite independent treatise; see Introduction.
