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Single Idea 23855

[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding ]

Full Idea

What is sovereign in this world is determinateness, limit. Eternal Wisdom imprisons this universe in a network, a web of determinations.

Gist of Idea

Creation produced a network or web of determinations

Source

Simone Weil (The Need for Roots [1943], III 'Growth')

Book Ref

Weil,Simone: 'The Need for Roots' [Routledge 2002], p.282

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A Reaction

Love this, because I take 'determination' to be the defining relationship in ontology. It covers both physical causation and abstract necessities.