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Single Idea 1207

[filed under theme 9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity ]

Full Idea

Both number and unity are incompatible with the relation of identity.

Gist of Idea

Both number and unity are incompatible with the relation of identity

Source

David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739], I.IV.2)

Book Ref

'Personal Identity', ed/tr. Perry,John [University of California 1975], p.159