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Single Idea 2084

[catalogued under 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects]

Full Idea

If a complex or a syllable has no parts and is a single identity, hasn't it turned out to be the same kind of thing as an element or letter?

Clarification

He is talking about the syllables of a word being made up from its composite letters

Gist of Idea

If a word has no parts and has a single identity, it turns out to be the same kind of thing as a letter

Source

Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 205d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.122