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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 / b. Teleological Proof

480	Past, present and future, and the movements of the heavens, were arranged by Mind [Anaxagoras]
	Full Idea: Whatever was then in existence which is not now, and all things that now exist, and whatever shall exist - all were arranged by Mind, as also the revolution followed now by the stars, the sun and the moon.
	From: Anaxagoras (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B12), quoted by Simplicius - On Aristotle's 'Physics' 164.24