LessonsThe Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and NecessityQuiz

«لا بالضرورة»
Not necessarily: the relation is not necessary in virtue of the subject itself.

This is not the same as declaring the first judgment false. A particular person may actually be writing, but writing is not essential to that person's existence; the person can remain human without writing.

Bi-l-fiʿl concerns actuality, whereas lā bi-l-ḍarūrah denies essential necessity. What happens and what must happen are logically distinct.

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Lā bi-l-ḍarūrah: denying necessity

The Seven Compound Modalities and the Negations of Permanence and Necessity

«لا بالضرورة»
Not necessarily: the relation is not necessary in virtue of the subject itself.

This is not the same as declaring the first judgment false. A particular person may actually be writing, but writing is not essential to that person's existence; the person can remain human without writing.

Bi-l-fiʿl concerns actuality, whereas lā bi-l-ḍarūrah denies essential necessity. What happens and what must happen are logically distinct.