6 ideas
14629 | If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn] |
14529 | If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A] |
8406 | Not all explanations are causal, but if a thing can be explained at all, it can be explained causally [Sanford] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
8407 | A totality of conditions necessary for an occurrence is usually held to be jointly sufficient for it [Sanford] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |