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Single Idea 445
[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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Full Idea
The other way of enquiry, that IT IS NOT, and IT is bound NOT TO BE, cannot be explored, for you could neither recognise nor express that which IS NOT.
Gist of Idea
The realm of necessary non-existence cannot be explored, because it is unknowable
Source
Parmenides (fragments/reports [c.474 BCE], B02), quoted by Simplicius - On Aristotle's 'Physics' 9.116.28-
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.42
The
13 ideas
with the same theme
[non-being as the concept contrasting with 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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18933
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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible
[Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]
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20902
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Being does not exist more than non-being
[Democritus, by Aristotle]
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20904
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The non-existent exists as much as the existent, because it has causal powers
[Democritus]
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11278
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What does 'that which is not' refer to?
[Plato]
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24029
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Among the simples are the graspable negations, such as rest and instants
[Descartes]
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21762
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To grasp an existence, we must consider its non-existence
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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21977
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Nothing exists, as thinkable and expressible
[Hegel]
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22919
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A thing which makes no difference seems unlikely to exist
[Le Poidevin]
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14393
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The totality state is the most plausible truthmaker for negative existential truths
[Merricks]
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23538
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Nothingness only exists in consciousness
[Berardi]
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12408
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Sartre to Waitress: Coffee with no cream, please...
[Sommers,W]
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