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Ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'Possibility' and 'Objects and Persons'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

13404	To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated [Jubien]
	Full Idea: For a thing to exist necessarily is for it to have an entity-essence whose own entity-essence entails being instantiated.
	From: Michael Jubien (Possibility [2009], 6.4)
	A reaction: This is the culmination of a lengthy discussion, and is not immediately persuasive. For Jubien the analysis rests on a platonist view of properties, which doesn't help.

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

16007	I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]
	Full Idea: I always reason from existence, not towards existence.
	From: Søren Kierkegaard (Philosophical Fragments [1844], p.40)
	A reaction: Kierkegaard's important premise to help show that theistic proofs for God's existence don't actually prove existence, but develop the content of a conception. [SY]