a possible existent whose necessity comes from the cause that brings it about
General Technical Meaning
Necessary through another describes a possible existent whose necessity comes from the cause that brings it into existence.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
In al-Manāmāt, whatever is necessary through another depends on a further necessitating ground, and the regress terminates in what is necessary in itself.
Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
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