LessonsThe Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and NecessityQuiz

«كل إنسان ضاحك بالفعل لا دائما»
Every human is actually laughing, but not permanently.

The point is that, even when laughter is actual, it is not a condition lasting throughout human existence. A person may laugh at one time and not at another.

The negative construction analogously denies laughter under a given circumstance without making that denial permanent over the entire lifetime.

Actuality refers to occurrence, whereas non-permanence denies continuous persistence. One occurrence does not establish a permanent feature.

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Laughter as an existential non-permanent example

The Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and Necessity

«كل إنسان ضاحك بالفعل لا دائما»
Every human is actually laughing, but not permanently.

The point is that, even when laughter is actual, it is not a condition lasting throughout human existence. A person may laugh at one time and not at another.

The negative construction analogously denies laughter under a given circumstance without making that denial permanent over the entire lifetime.

Actuality refers to occurrence, whereas non-permanence denies continuous persistence. One occurrence does not establish a permanent feature.