The pre-modern is carried over and translated (by reduction) into a more modern philosophical sense as "necessity", "logical necessity",Aristotle, Metaph.1026.b28, 1064.b33: Lidell, Scott: A Greek English Lexicon: ἀνάγκη or "laws of nature".Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.11.1: Lidell, Scott: A Greek English Lexicon: ἀνάγκη
