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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

1535	Democritus said people imagined gods as the source of what awed or frightened them [Democritus, by Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: Democritus thought that people imagined gods as responsible for the frightening and awesome things that happen in this world.
	From: report of Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE], A075) by Sextus Empiricus - Against the Professors (six books) 9.24