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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Upanishads' and 'Ethical Criticism and the Vice of Moderation'

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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

234	We couldn't discuss the non-existence of the One without knowledge of it [Plato]
	Full Idea: There must be knowledge of the one, or else not even the meaning of the words 'if the one does not exist' would be known.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 160d)

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

8144	Brahman is the Uncaused Cause [Anon (Upan)]
	Full Idea: Brahman is the Uncaused Cause.
	From: Anon (Upan) (The Upanishads [c.950 BCE], 'Katha')
	A reaction: This precedes Aquinas (Idea 1430) by over two thousand years. The theological trick is to admit one Uncaused Cause, but somehow exclude further instances, such as my bicycle getting a puncture. Does this undermine the Principle of Sufficient Reason?