LessonsThe Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and NecessityQuiz

«بالضرورة كل إنسان متنفس في وقت ما لا دائما»
Necessarily every human breathes at some time, but not permanently.

The pedagogical point is the unspecified time: the sentence does not identify a particular instant, only some time at which the qualified judgment applies. The final phrase denies permanence over the entire duration.

The book also illustrates a negative first component concerning breathing at some time. The affirmative or negative label depends on the initial judgment, not on the final non-permanence clause.

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Breathing as an example of the dispersed mode

The Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and Necessity

«بالضرورة كل إنسان متنفس في وقت ما لا دائما»
Necessarily every human breathes at some time, but not permanently.

The pedagogical point is the unspecified time: the sentence does not identify a particular instant, only some time at which the qualified judgment applies. The final phrase denies permanence over the entire duration.

The book also illustrates a negative first component concerning breathing at some time. The affirmative or negative label depends on the initial judgment, not on the final non-permanence clause.