Blind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same always and every where, could produce no variety of things. All that diversity of natural things which we find suited to different times and places could arise from nothing but the ideas and will of a Being, necessarily existing.

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This quote suggests that blind and unguided necessity alone could not account for the vast diversity and suitability of natural things in different environments and at different times. Instead, it argues that this diversity can only be explained by the ideas and will of a necessary being. In other words, the existence and differentiation of natural phenomena require a conscious and intentional force rather than being a result of random chance or solely mechanistic processes.

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