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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Letters to Des Bosses' and 'Dion and Theon: an essentialist solution'

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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 / e. Miracles

12784	Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Miracles should not be increased beyond necessity.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Des Bosses [1715], 1716.05.29)
	A reaction: Leibniz defends miracles (where Spinoza dismisses them). This remark is, of course, an echo of Ockham's Razor, that 'entities' should not be multiplied beyond necessity. It is hard to disagree with his proposal. Zero might be result, though.