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Definition of Necessitation
1. Noun. (chiefly philosophy) Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature. ¹
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Definition of Necessitation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necessitation
Literary usage of Necessitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Intended to Interpret and Develope Unsolved Ethical Questions in by David Rowland (1871)
"HOW CAN THE necessitation EXPRESSED IN THE IMPERATIVE BE DEPICTED TO THE MIND ?
KANT'S reply to this question, ' How is the imperative of morality possible ..."
2. The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher by John Fletcher (1833)
"Is not this as much as to say, " As necessitation, the daughter of God's decree,
impels Mr. Wesley to eat, by giving him an appetite to food : so it ..."
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