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[from 'Parmenides' by Plato, in 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites ]

Full Idea

Opposites are as unlike as possible.

Gist of Idea

Opposites are as unlike as possible

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.307