Quote of William of Ockham - Plurality is never to be posited...
Biography - William of Ockham:
English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian.
Born: 1287 - Died: 1347
Period:
14th century
13th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1287 - Died: 1347
Period:
14th century
13th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.
Note
Also known as Occam's razor or the law of parsimony.
Translation
(French, German, Latin)
Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate.
See also...
Quotes for: necessity
Article XVII – Property being an inviolable and sacred right, no one can be deprived of private usage, if it is not when the public necessity, legally noted, evidently requires it, and under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.
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