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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge' and 'fragments/reports'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

20910	Everything happens necessarily, and for a reason [Democritus]
	Full Idea: Nothing happens at random, but everything for a reason and as the effect of necessity.
	From: Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE], B002), quoted by Pseudo-Plutarch - On the Doctrine of the Philosophers 1.25.4
	A reaction: [In Aetius 'Stob'] This remark reminds us of the link between necessity and sufficient reason. Do all reasons arise for a reason?

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
	Full Idea: Opposites are as unlike as possible.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159a)