[Buddha-l] Dependent arising variants

[Dan Lusthaus]

Richard,

> It is worth bearing in mind that the concept of necessary and sufficient
> conditions is relatively modern.

They go back to Aristotle, actually, though the moderns have devised new
wrinkles to be sure. As for logical necessity, vyaapti plays the same role
in Indian logic. One can find analogs to this in the Pali sources as well,
though the vocabulary with which it was expressed was primitive by modern
standards, for instance, conflating logical necessity (i.e., reasons) with
causal necessity (calling both hetu -- Chinese also uses yin 因 to cover
both).

Dan Lusthaus