section_path: Natural philosophy/Physics/Chance and spontaneity
section_name: Chance and spontaneity
paragraph_text: Chance and spontaneity
  
  According to Aristotle, spontaneity and chance are causes of some things, distinguishable from other types of cause such as simple necessity. Chance as an incidental cause lies in the realm of accidental things, "from what is spontaneous". There is also more a specific kind of chance, which Aristotle names "luck", that only applies to people's moral choices.