necessitation

necessitation
Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.

Moral obligation is not necessitation. The moral law commands but does not coerce us.

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  • necessitation — index duress, enforcement, force (compulsion), requirement, requisition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • nécessitation — [nesesitɑsjɔ̃] n. f. ÉTYM. Déb. XVIIIe; selon Féraud, 1787; de nécessiter, et ation. ❖ ♦ Log. Fait de rendre nécessaire, de déterminer nécessairement …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • necessitation — (n.) 1650s, noun of action from NECESSITATE (Cf. necessitate) …   Etymology dictionary

  • necessitation —  ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈtāshən noun ( s) : the act of necessitating or condition of being necessitated the absence of necessitation by the past A.C.Ewing is good by free choice, not necessitation Nicholas Rescher …   Useful english dictionary

  • necessitation — noun see necessitate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • necessitation — See necessitate. * * * …   Universalium

  • nécessitation — (né sè si ta sion) s. f. Terme de philosophie. Se dit des circonstances qui nécessitent l action de la volonté …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • necessitation — ne·ces·si·ta·tion …   English syllables

  • necessitate — necessitation, n. necessitative, adj. /neuh ses i tayt /, v.t., necessitated, necessitating. 1. to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans. 2. to compel, oblige, or force: The new wage demand… …   Universalium

  • Human Acts — • St. Thomas and the scholastics in general regard only the free and deliberate acts of the will as human Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Human Acts     Human Acts      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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