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Single Idea 1645

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis ]

Full Idea

To try to set apart everything from everything is not only especially jangling, but it is the mark of someone altogether unmusical and unphilosophic.

Gist of Idea

The desire to split everything into its parts is unpleasant and unphilosophical

Source

Plato (The Sophist [c.359 BCE], 259e)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Sophist', ed/tr. Bernadete,Seth [University of Chicago 1986], p.57