What is meant by the universe tends to unfold as it is intented?

Question

Oops, thanks for catching my typo? Yes, I mean't intended. A friend told me this in a situation whereas he was essentially telling me goodbye for he is being relocated. I was trying to place the comment into proper context. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I think it relates to what Aristotle terms the "Final Cause". This means that everything that exists has a purpose, and an intention to achieve that purpose. Much of his view was based on his study of plants - plants have a purpose, to grow to reproduce and therefore "intend" to get achieve their purpose. Hope this helps

Answer 2

It is sort of a "what will be will be" statement basically saying in the grander skeme of things if something is going to happen it will find ways to happen.

Now, this is by no means a "everything is pre-destine" comment either. If I make the vague comment, "it will rain tomorrow", all I am really saying is somewhere in the world there is a cloud saturated with enough water and climbing to a high enough point in the sky that it will start to train somewhere tomorrow. That is all the statement is, it is a generic statement of the nature of how things work work out in a way that is natural to them.

Predestiny is when someone says "It will rain in New York City from the hours of 12am to 3pm on March 9th, 2008" and no matter what is done by weather people, air crafts, pollution, elephants' sneezing, etc. on March 9th, 2008 in New York at 12am it will start raining and not stop until 3pm. It is seeing a future that is unescapable.

~~ Abaddon

Answer 3

First it is "intended". This is a rather esoteric answer however I believe it means; that all things happen for a reason.

Whatever the situation or problem, things are working that way because there is a universal plan or intervention from a "higher being" (for lack of better terminology) that is in play to make things fall into place the way they do.

Thus, from this standpoint it is "predestined" for things to unfold in this manner.

Answer 4

It means More and more order.

And dont worry too much that (law and) order needs always

to be increasing; for of course it is very necessary(and is

normally provided by the strong and mature) but so is air,

and people live happily at high altitude where this is thin(sparse)

and thats just one example(both art and commonsense can

also mitigate against a stiffling"Order" too).

p.s. and as you correctly into our context- science is just

one area where order is leading and necessary;and where

better to"put-some-more", for example,in Totally Empty space!

Answer 5

I think you mean intended?

Seems to follow the idea that the universe has some plan or purpose. (Which I find laughable)

Answer 6

no idea dude!