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[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