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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'The Parts of Animals' and 'Against the Physicists (two books)'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

22744	Parts are not parts if their whole is nothing more than the parts [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: If the whole is nothing more than the sum of the parts, the parts will not be parts.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Physicists (two books) [c.180], I.343)
	A reaction: Nice. Bricks lying on the ground are not parts of a wall. For them to be parts of a wall there has to be a wall which is not just the bricks. Nihilists like Van Inwagen can deny the wall in ontology, but in thought we need walls. Conceptual dependence.