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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Against the Professors (six books)' and 'What is it like to be a bat?'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

1517	The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature', because nature is a harmony of three concords (4th,5th and octave), and these ratios (4:3, 3:2, and 2:1) are found in the tektraktys.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Professors (six books) [c.180], 7.95)

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.