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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Cratylus' and 'Parmenides'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

221	Absolute ideas, such as the Good and the Beautiful, cannot be known by us [Plato]
	Full Idea: The absolute good and the beautiful and all which we conceive to be absolute ideas are unknown to us.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 134c)

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

17582	Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: Since singular terms can contain predicates, and since vague predicates are common, vague singular terms are common. For 'the tallest man that Sally knows' there are lots of men for whom it is unclear whether Sally knows them.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 17)