Single Idea 1707

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence]

Full Idea

Perhaps the necessary and non-necessary are first principles of everything's either being or not being.

Gist of Idea

Maybe necessity and non-necessity are the first principles of ontology

Source

Aristotle (On Interpretation [c.330 BCE], 23a18)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Categories and De Interpretatione', ed/tr. Ackrill,J.R. [OUP 1963], p.64


A Reaction

Is that 'first' in time, or in priority? If they are the grounds of being, how could there ever be non-necessary existents? Why would necessary being permit intruders?