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Monday, August 10, 2009

Parmenides by Plato

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Zeno has argued that
"If Being is many,it must be both like and unlike,which is impossible" ;
but Zeno forgetts that,
although the universals likeness and unlikeness are not identical,
particular things can alike in some respect,
and unlike in some other respect.
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Socrates claims that
"There are absolute ideas of
the Just,
the Beautiful,
the Good,and
the Truth ;
but there are no ideas of vile materials such as mud,hair,and dirt".
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Parmenides has various criticsms of the Doctrine of Ideas :
"If an Idea is one and yet exists in many things,it is separated from itself ;
and if Ideas cover things with only parts of themselves,
anything partaking of smallness would be smaller than absolute smallness".
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Furthermore,Parmenides argues,
"The Doctrine of Ideas leads to an infinite regress of Ideas ;
and if the Ideas are absolute,
they cannot be known by us".
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Parmenides then demonstrates his sophistical skill by arguing that
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"IF THE ONE IS,
THE ONE IS NOT ;
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IF THE ONE IS NOT,
NOTHING IS".
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