Editing Indeterminism (section)

===Early modern philosophy===
In 1729 the<small> </small>''Testament'' of [[Jean Meslier]] states:

<blockquote>"The matter, by virtue of its own active force, moves and acts in blind manner".<ref>Meslier, J. ''The Testament''.</ref> </blockquote>

Soon after [[Julien Offroy de la Mettrie]] in his ''L'Homme Machine.'' (1748, anon.) wrote:

<blockquote>"Perhaps, the cause of man's existence is just in existence itself? Perhaps he is by chance thrown in some point of this terrestrial surface without any ''how'' and ''why''". </blockquote>

In his ''Anti-Sénèque'' [''Traité de la vie heureuse, par Sénèque, avec un Discours du traducteur sur le même sujet'', 1750] we read:

<blockquote>"Then, the chance has thrown us in life".<ref>Jde La Mettrie, J.O.:''Anti-Sénèque''</ref></blockquote>

In the 19th century the French Philosopher [[Antoine-Augustin Cournot]] theorized ''chance'' in a new way, as series of not-linear causes. He wrote in ''Essai sur les fondements de nos connaissances'' (1851):

<blockquote>"It is not because of rarity that the chance is actual. On the contrary, it is because of chance they produce many possible others."<ref>Cournot, A.A: ''Essai sur les fondements de nos connaissances et sur les caractères de la critique philosophique'', § 32.</ref> </blockquote>