 Averroes also reflects upon necessity of that which follows matter. One example is death which is necessary for animals as a consequence of their matter. Is this an absolute necessity? Averroes denies it, pointing out that these instances of necessity are caused by the substantial form or essential definition of the beings, here the animals. Averroes claims that both cases of necessity—according to matter or according to purpose—have conditional characters since “they are because of the form and essence (definitio) and they are not unconditionally necessary” (LC 83C TC88).