The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Necessity’

Term: 
Necessity
Quote: 

Necessity [Lat. necessitas]: Ger. Nothwendigkeit; Fr. nécessité; Ital. necessità. (1) The state or condition that cannot be otherwise than it is; that must be just as it is.

(2) The principle in virtue of which the condition of the universe as a whole, or any particular part of it, is rendered, both as to its existence and quality, inevitable. Opposed to both freedom and chance, but especially, in its strictly philosophical use, to chance […] or contingency. That which has the property of necessity is said to be necessary.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1902). Necessity. In: Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II
Date: 
1902
References: 
DPP 2:143
Citation: 
‘Necessity’ (pub. 11.08.17-15:12). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-necessity.
Posted: 
Aug 11, 2017, 15:12 by Mats Bergman