Ideas of Agathon, by Theme

[Greek, fl. 410 BCE, Wrote tragedies.]

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

74	Even God could not undo what has been done
	Full Idea: One thing is denied even to God: to make what has been done undone again.
	From: Agathon (plays (frags) [c.410 BCE]), quoted by Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics 1139b09
	A reaction: a quotation - cf the Euthyphro Question