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Single Idea 389

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty]

Full Idea

Could we attribute certainty to studying aspects of the world, such as how it arose, or acts, or is acted upon, when none of them ever was or will be constant? Of course not.

Gist of Idea

How can you be certain about aspects of the world if they aren't constant?

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 59b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.135