Single Idea 14521

[catalogued under 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism]

Full Idea

He who claims that everything occurs by necessity has no complaint against him who claims that everything does not occur by necessity. For he makes the very claim in question by necessity.

Gist of Idea

If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity

Source

Epicurus (Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags) [c.290 BCE], 40)

Book Reference

Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.38