Single Idea 229

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming]

Full Idea

The one was and is and will be and was becoming and is becoming and will become.

Gist of Idea

The one was and is and will be and was becoming and is becoming and will become

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 155d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.295


A Reaction

This seems to be rhetorical, rather a precise theory, given that the One is said to be eternal and unchanging. The One is not just what we call 'reality'.

Related Idea

Idea 453 Reality is symmetrical and balanced, like a sphere, with no reason to be greater one way rather than another [Parmenides]