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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

15568	When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt]
	Full Idea: We would hardly want to say that a possibility is nothing, since surely we are considering something when we consider possibilities.
	From: Richard Polt (Heidegger: an introduction [1999], 1)
	A reaction: A nice contribution to the issue of whether modality is a feature of actuality. I would prefer to say that we can self-evidently utter truths and falsehoods about what is or is not possible, in nature, in logic, and maybe in metaphysics.

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

3013	Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.
	From: report of Thales (fragments/reports [c.585 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.2.9