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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.