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Single Idea 223

[from 'Parmenides' by Plato, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals ]

Full Idea

If a person denies that the idea of each thing is always the same, he will utterly destroy the power of carrying on discussion.

Gist of Idea

If you deny that each thing always stays the same, you destroy the possibility of discussion

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 135c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.229