
HoP 035 - The Philosopher's Toolkit - Aristotle's Logical Works
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Aristotle's Ideas About Necessity
Aristotle thought that if a statement is necessarily true, it must always be true. He's actually not right about this, as will be pointed out by the stoics. The premises and conclusion of an argument can be either possible or necessary. Next time we'll be looking further at aristotle's ideas about necessity.
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