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| 5958 | The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges |
| Full Idea: The sun doesn't become bright when it emerges from the clouds; it always is bright. | |||
| From: Plutarch (26: Oracles in Decline [c.85], §39) | |||
| A reaction: Not an argument, but a nice appeal to common sense, like Russell's example of the cat that disappears behind the furniture and then reappears. To disagree with Plutarch here strikes me as the road to philosophical absurdity. |