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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Monadology' and 'Meno'

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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
God alone (the Necessary Being) has the privilege that He must exist if He is possible [Leibniz]
     Full Idea: God alone (or the Necessary Being) has the privilege that He must exist if He is possible.
     From: Gottfried Leibniz (Monadology [1716], §45)
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)