Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Plotinus, Gorgias and Jos A. Benardete

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being

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Being is the product of pure intellect [Plotinus]

21817

The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence [Plotinus]

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The One is a principle which transcends Being [Plotinus]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

21813

Number determines individual being [Plotinus]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

3310	If slowness is a property of walking rather than the walker, we must allow that events exist [Benardete,JA]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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Early pre-Socratics had a mass-noun ontology, which was replaced by count-nouns [Benardete,JA]