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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Tractatus de corpore Christi' and 'Introduction to the Philosophy of History'

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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)

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

16676	Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]
	Full Idea: It is pointless to do through more things something that can be done through fewer.
	From: William of Ockham (Tractatus de corpore Christi [1323], Ch. 29), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 14.3
	A reaction: The more famous formulation isn't found in his works, so I'm delighted to find an authentic quotation from the man.