We know on seeing smoke there must be fire, and cause and result are ever classed together thus. We are forbidden, then, to say an unthinking cause can make a thing that has intelligence.
Anathapindika
Anathapindika (ca. 5th century B.C.), the "Friend of the Orphaned and Destitute," was a merchant patron of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Buddha discussed the noble truths with him and he reportedly achieved a stage of enlightenment.