...This is because the essence of God, the "most perfect being," cannot have any lack, and therefore cannot "not exist," that is, it must necessarily exist, whereas creatures can not exist, and their existence depends on God's will, that is, on other beings. (2) Leibniz called the state of affairs in which the opposite is impossible and its recognition, such as "a triangle has interior angles whose sum is equal to two right angles," "necessary truths (truths of reason)," whereas the state of affairs in which the opposite is not necessarily impossible and its recognition, such as "Caesar crossed the Rubicon," "accidental truths (truths of fact)." (3) Necessary-accidental is also said about individual events. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "accidental truth" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…それは,〈もっとも完全なる者〉という神の本質にはいかなる欠如もありえず,したがって〈存在しない〉ということもありえない,つまり必然的に存在せざるをえないのに対して,被造物は存在しないことも可能であり,その存在が神の意志,つまり他の存在者に依存しているからである。(2)ライプニッツは,〈三角形はその和が2直角に等しい内角を有する〉というような,その反対が不可能である事態およびその認識を〈必然的真理(理性の真理)〉とよび,それに対して〈カエサルはルビコン川を渡った〉というような,その反対が必ずしも不可能ではない事態およびその認識を〈偶然的真理(事実の真理)〉とよんだ。(3)個々のできごとに関しても必然的―偶然的ということが言われる。… ※「偶然的真理」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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