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Single Idea 225

[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited ]

Full Idea

The unlimited partakes neither of the round nor of the straight, because it has no ends nor edges.

Gist of Idea

The unlimited has no shape and is endless

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 137e)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.237