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Single Idea 233

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One]

Full Idea

The others cannot partake of the one in any way; they can neither partake of it nor of the whole.

Gist of Idea

Some things do not partake of the One

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.309


A Reaction

Compare Idea 231

Related Idea

Idea 231 Everything partakes of the One in some way [Plato]