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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'fragments/reports' and 'Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue'

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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 / c. Teleological Proof critique

1555	People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus]
	Full Idea: In the old days people regarded the sun, the moon, rivers, springs, and everything else which is helpful for life as gods, because we are helped by them, just as the Egyptians regard the Nile as a god.
	From: Prodicus (fragments/reports [c.423 BCE], B05), quoted by Sextus Empiricus - Against the Professors (six books) 9.18