Necesse est, it is absolutely necessary, of unchanging necessity found in natural causes, something which cannot possibly be avoided.Īccording to this interpretation, the sentence from the Symbolum Apostolorum correctly uses opus est instead of necesse est: "Whoever wants to be saved needs above all to hold the Catholic faith." But holding the Catholic faith isn't something you can't do without there are lots of people who don't do that and yet go on breathing. Opus est, it is wanted, it is necessary, because a want, as requisite or indispensable for the obtaining of some end or object. Ramshorn's Latin Synonyms supports this interpretation: The way I interpret this, opus esse refers to the need for something in order to accomplish something else ("to become a successful politician, you need a lot of friends"), while necesse esse refers to things you actually can't do without ("living beings need food and water"). Some refer the op- to ob-, some to opus, with which compare the similar expressions opus est and operam. is needful or requisite, is proper or right it behoves should or ought (Lat. That which you do not need, is dear even at a farthing." Moreover, the precepts which are given are of great weight in themselves, whether they be woven into the fabric of song, or condensed into prose proverbs, like the famous Wisdom of Cato, "Buy not what you need, but what you must have. 15 Ergo quamvis se ipso contentus sit, amicis illi opus est hos cupit habere quam plurimos, non ut beate vivat vivet enim etiam sine amicis beate. One translation of the Seneca letter you refer to begins to suggest a difference: Sapienti et manibus et oculis et multis ad cotidianum usum necessariis opus est, eget nulla re egere enim necessitatis est, nihil necesse sapienti est.
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