natural theology See PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, THE-. OLOGIA NATURALI.

natura naturans See SPINOZA.

natura naturata See SPINOZA.

nature, law of See NATURAL LAW, PHILOSOPHY OF. SCIENC.

nature, right of See HOBBES.

nature, state of See HOBBES.

Naturphilosophie See SCHELLING.

Naturwissenschaften See WEBER.

Néant See SARTRE.

necessary See CONTINGENT.

necessary condition See CONDITION.

necessary truth See NECESSITY.

necessitarianism the doctrine that necessity is an objective feature of the...

necessity a modal property attributable to a whole proposition (dictum) just...

necessity, metaphysical See NECESSITY, PHILOSOPHY. OF MIN.

necessity, nomic See LAWLIKE GENERALIZATION.

negation the logical operation on propositions that is indicated, e.g., by...

negation-complete See COMPLETENESS.

negative duty See DUTY.

negative feedback See CYBERNETICS.

negative freedom See POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. FREEDO.

negative liberty See POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FREE -. DO. Nemesius of Emesa...

Neo-Confucianism Confucianism as revived in China during the late tenth to...

neo-Euclidean geometry See EUCLIDEAN GEOME -. TR.

neo-Friesian School See NEO-KANTIANISM.

neo-Kantianism the diverse Kantian movement that emerged within German philosophy in...

Neoplatonism that period of Platonism following on the new impetus provided...

Neoplatonism, Islamic See ISLAMIC NEOPLATON -. IS. neo-Scholasticism, the movement given impetus...

Neo-Taoism in Chinese, hsüan-hsüeh ('Profound Learning', 'Mysterious Learning', or 'Dark Learning'),...

Neo-Thomism a philosophical-theological movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries manifesting...