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11918 | The essence of a thing need not include everything that is necessarily true of it [Molnar] |
Full Idea: Pre-theoretically it does not seem to be the case that what is essential to a thing includes everything that is necessarily true of that thing. | |
From: George Molnar (Powers [1998], 1.4.4) | |
A reaction: This seems to me to be true. The simple point, which I take to be obvious, is that essential properties must at the very least be in some way important, whereas necessities can be trivial. I favour the idea that the essences create the necessities. |