Necessity may be defined in two ways, conformably to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. It consists either in the constant conjunction of like objects, or in the inference of the understating from one object to another.
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§ 8.27David Hume
Hume, David
Humphrey, Hubert
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