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'Parmenides', 'Human Freedom and the Self' and 'The Concept of Logical Consequence'
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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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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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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 / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
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Causation among objects relates either events or states [Chisholm]
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Full Idea:
Between natural objects we may say that causation is a relation between events or states of affairs.
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From:
Roderick Chisholm (Human Freedom and the Self [1964], p.28)
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