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

Full Idea

You must always mean the same thing when you utter the same name.

Gist of Idea

You must always mean the same thing when you utter the same name

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 147d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.269