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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) |
16712 | Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes] |
Full Idea: Atheism is the most atrocious crime, and should be tolerated in no republic, however free. | |
From: René Descartes (Letters to Voetius [1640], VIIIB:174), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2 |