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11151 | An object is dependent if its essence prevents it from existing without some other object [Fine,K] |
Full Idea: One object depends upon another (in one sense of the term) if its essence prevents it from existing without the other object. | |
From: Kit Fine (Essence and Modality [1994], p. 2) | |
A reaction: I take the interest of this to be that essences are usually thought to be intrinsic, but this seems to involve the object in necessary external relations. |