Single Idea 231

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One]

Full Idea

The others are not altogether deprived of the one, for they partake of it in some way.

Gist of Idea

Everything partakes of the One in some way

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.366 BCE], 157c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.301


A Reaction

Compare Idea 233.

Related Idea

Idea 233 Some things do not partake of the One [Plato]