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Single Idea 3016

[filed under theme 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity ]

Full Idea

Even the gods cannot strive against necessity.

Gist of Idea

Even the gods cannot strive against necessity

Source

report of Pittacus (reports [c.610 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.5.4

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.36

The 6 ideas with the same theme [preconditions necessary for knowing the world]:

3016 Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]
450 Necessity sets limits on being, in order to give it identity [Parmenides]
490 Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]
15231 Transcendental necessity is conditions of a world required for a rational being to know its nature [Harré/Madden]
15234 There is a transcendental necessity for each logical necessity, but the transcendental extends further [Harré/Madden]
15064 Proper necessary truths hold whatever the circumstances; transcendent truths regardless of circumstances [Fine,K]