Ah, thank you for deepening historical precedent. Should I get the inkling later, I may follow the breadcrumb trail. [yes, I’m on a search for conceptual-basis (es) of concepts. Similar to etymology but a little more woobly than that… although it’s probably still etymology and my awe is what’s making the woobly).
]wrt my search for concept of necessity:
Ananke (necessity) in classical Greece, 5th century BC. Aditi, karma, and dharma in the Vedas, 15th century BC. And necessary is anything but a metaphor in logic theory. I don’t think there are metaphors in logic. Economics, though very old, is not the oldest discipline to give serious context to necessity. – via s.j]