Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Eubulides, Parmenides and E.M. Cioran
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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No necessity could produce Being either later or earlier, so it must exist absolutely or not at all [Parmenides]
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Being must be eternal and uncreated, and hence it is timeless [Parmenides]
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Being is not divisible, since it is all alike [Parmenides]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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There is no such thing as nothing [Parmenides]
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The realm of necessary non-existence cannot be explored, because it is unknowable [Parmenides]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Parmenides at least saw Being as the same as Nous, and separate from the sensed realm [Parmenides, by Plotinus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being
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The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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All our concepts of change and permanence are just names, not the truth [Parmenides]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran]
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