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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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The unlimited has no shape and is endless [Plato]
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Full Idea:
The unlimited partakes neither of the round nor of the straight, because it has no ends nor edges.
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From:
Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 137e)
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
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233
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Some things do not partake of the One [Plato]
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Full Idea:
The others cannot partake of the one in any way; they can neither partake of it nor of the whole.
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From:
Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159d)
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A reaction:
Compare Idea 231
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The only movement possible for the One is in space or in alteration [Plato]
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Full Idea:
If the One moves it either moves spatially or it is altered, since these are the only motions.
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From:
Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 138b)
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231
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Everything partakes of the One in some way [Plato]
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Full Idea:
The others are not altogether deprived of the one, for they partake of it in some way.
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From:
Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 157c)
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A reaction:
Compare Idea 233.
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis]
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Full Idea:
Later Lewis said we must choose between the intersection of the axioms of the tied best systems. He chose for laws the axioms that are in all the tied systems (but then there may be few or no axioms in the intersection).
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From:
comment on David Lewis (Subjectivist's Guide to Objective Chance [1980], p.124) by Stephen Mumford - Laws in Nature
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