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Single Idea 1707

[from 'On Interpretation' by Aristotle, in 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