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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Timaeus' and 'Certain Physical Essays'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

310	The creator of the cosmos had no envy, and so wanted things to be as like himself as possible [Plato]
	Full Idea: This changing cosmos was made because its maker is good, and therefore lacks envy; he therefore wished all things to be as like himself as possible.
	From: Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 29e)

311	The cosmos must be unique, because it resembles the creator, who is unique [Plato]
	Full Idea: So that our universe can resemble the perfect living creature in being unique, the universe was, is and will continue to be its maker's only creation.
	From: Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 31c)

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

225	The unlimited has no shape and is endless [Plato]
	Full Idea: The unlimited partakes neither of the round nor of the straight, because it has no ends nor edges.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 137e)

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One

233	Some things do not partake of the One [Plato]
	Full Idea: The others cannot partake of the one in any way; they can neither partake of it nor of the whole.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159d)
	A reaction: Compare Idea 231

2062	The only movement possible for the One is in space or in alteration [Plato]
	Full Idea: If the One moves it either moves spatially or it is altered, since these are the only motions.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 138b)

231	Everything partakes of the One in some way [Plato]
	Full Idea: The others are not altogether deprived of the one, for they partake of it in some way.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 157c)
	A reaction: Compare Idea 233.

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

325	We must consider the four basic shapes as too small to see, only becoming visible in large numbers [Plato]
	Full Idea: We must think of the individual units of all four basic shapes as being far too small to be visible, and only becoming visible when massed together in large numbers.
	From: Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 56c)

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

327	There are two types of cause, the necessary and the divine [Plato]
	Full Idea: We must distinguish two types of cause, the necessary and the divine.
	From: Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 68e)