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Single Idea 219

[from 'Parmenides' by Plato, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms ]

Full Idea

None of the absolute ideas exists in us, because then it would no longer be absolute.

Gist of Idea

If absolute ideas existed in us, they would cease to be absolute

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 133c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.223