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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'On the Plurality of Worlds' and 'The Anti-Christ'

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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
A God who cures us of a head cold at the right moment is a total absurdity [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: A God who cures a headcold for us at the right moment is so absurd a God he would have to be abolished even if he existed.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 52)
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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)