Single Idea 23210

[catalogued under 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism]

Full Idea

The absolute necessity of all events contains nothing of a compulsion.

Gist of Idea

That all events are necessary does not mean they are compelled

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 1[114])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.286


A Reaction

I like to look for necessity-makers behind necessities. So if the event is not necessary because of its cause, where does it come from? Is it that the whole sequence is a unified necessity?