Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Democritus and Parmenides
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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Being is not divisible, since it is all alike [Parmenides]
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448
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No necessity could produce Being either later or earlier, so it must exist absolutely or not at all [Parmenides]
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447
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Being must be eternal and uncreated, and hence it is timeless [Parmenides]
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True Being only occurs when it is completely full, with atoms and no void [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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445
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The realm of necessary non-existence cannot be explored, because it is unknowable [Parmenides]
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1503
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There is no such thing as nothing [Parmenides]
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Being does not exist more than non-being [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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The non-existent exists as much as the existent, because it has causal powers [Democritus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Parmenides at least saw Being as the same as Nous, and separate from the sensed realm [Parmenides, by Plotinus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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The only distinctions are Configuration (shape), Disposition (order) and Turning (position) [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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