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Ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'Philebus'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

18314	In language we treat 'ego' as a substance, and it is thus that we create the concept 'thing' [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: It is the metaphysics of language (that is, of reason) ....which believes in the 'ego', in the ego as being, in the ego as substance, and which projects its belief in the ego-substance on to all things - only thus does it create the concept 'thing'.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 2.5)

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

15856	A thing can become one or many, depending on how we talk about it [Plato]
	Full Idea: It is through discourse that the same thing flits around, becoming one and many in all sorts of ways.
	From: Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 15d)
	A reaction: This is not scepticism about wholes on Plato's part, but a reminder of an obvious fact, that in thought we can break the world up and put it back together again. It is a touchstone of the debate, though.

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object

374	If one object is divided into its parts, someone can then say that one are many and many is one [Plato]
	Full Idea: Someone can theoretically divide an object into constituent parts, concede that they are one object, and then claim that therefore the one is many and the many are one.
	From: Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 14e)