LessonsSix Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal ConventionQuiz

واللازم هو ما ينتقل الذهن من الموضوع له إليه
A necessary concomitant is that to which the mind passes from the meaning originally assigned to the word.

An accidental personal association does not suffice. If “book” reminds someone of their desk, that memory is not thereby a logical concomitant; books do not necessarily belong on desks.

By contrast, the evenness of four is a necessary property understood in connection with the number rather than as the entire assigned meaning of its name. The precise relation of necessity matters in identifying iltizām.

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What counts as a necessary concomitant?

Six Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal Convention

واللازم هو ما ينتقل الذهن من الموضوع له إليه
A necessary concomitant is that to which the mind passes from the meaning originally assigned to the word.

An accidental personal association does not suffice. If “book” reminds someone of their desk, that memory is not thereby a logical concomitant; books do not necessarily belong on desks.

By contrast, the evenness of four is a necessary property understood in connection with the number rather than as the entire assigned meaning of its name. The precise relation of necessity matters in identifying iltizām.