Ideas from 'plays (frags)' by Agathon [410 BCE], by Theme Structure

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