display all the ideas for this combination of texts
1 idea
4819 | There is necessarily for each existent thing a cause why it should exist [Spinoza] |
Full Idea: There is necessarily for each existent thing a cause why it should exist. | |
From: Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], I Pr 08 n2) | |
A reaction: The obvious response is 'how do you know that?' It has to the sort of a priori commitment we expect from a rationalist philosopher. It seems to me quite an appealing candidate for an axiom of human understanding. |