ABSTRACT
Eudemus supports Aristotle's claim that chance belongs to the class of things which are for the sake of something by appealing to the relation between acting for the sake of a good and achieving a mark or missing it. Eudemus constructs an argument appealing to ends in order to fill out Aristotle's claim that choice and thought are involved when chance is a cause. Eudemus addresses a supporting argument offered by Aristotle, to the effect that just because a thing is conceivable, it need not exist. Eudemus compares place to consonants which can only be heard when combined with vowels; similarly place can only be apprehended as the place of a particular body. Eudemus strategy provides a glimpse into how Eudemus understands human cognitive powers. An important part of his story is the role perceptibles play in the mind's apprehension of theoretical concepts and the employment of these concepts to explain physical phenomena.
