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Single Idea 21291

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence]

Full Idea

Betwixt unity and number there can be no medium; no more than betwixt existence and non-existence.

Gist of Idea

There is no medium state between existence and non-existence

Source

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

Book Reference

Hume,David: 'A Treatise of Human Nature', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1978], p.200


A Reaction

Just to confirm that, as you would expect, the great empiricist has no time for 'subsistence', or shadows and holes having lower grade existece.