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Ideas for 'works', 'Abstract of 'The Fourfold Root'' and 'Nature Without Essence'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

4192	All necessity arises from causation, which is conditioned; there is no absolute or unconditioned necessity [Schopenhauer]
	Full Idea: Necessity has no meaning other than the irresistible sequence of the effect where the cause is given. All necessity is thus conditioned, and absolute or unconditioned necessity is a contradiction in terms.
	From: Arthur Schopenhauer (Abstract of 'The Fourfold Root' [1813], Ch.VIII)
	A reaction: I.e. there is only natural necessity, and no such thing as metaphysical necessity. But what about logical necessity(e.g. 2+3=5)? I think there may be metaphysical necessity, but we can't know much about it, and we are over-confident in assessing it.