The philosophy of Aristotle
We call necessary that without which life cannot exist, as it is a joint cause, such as breathing and nourishment are necessary for an animal; for without them it is impossible for that to exist. Continue reading “The ways in which the necessary is spoken of”
An absurdity (from the Greek word topazo meaning guess, assume) is what one may not assume in that it cannot be grasped by a certain account or sequence. Continue reading “What an absurdity is and how it stands”
One might raise the question whether “possible to be” follows from “necessary to be”. For if not, the contradictory will follow, “not possible to be”. And even if one were to state that this is not the contradictory, one must say that “possible not to be” is; both of which are false of “necessary to be”. However, the same thing seems to be capable of being cut and of not being cut, of being and of not being, so that the necessary will be contingent not to be. Continue reading “The necessary and the possible”
