Single Idea 234

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof]

Full Idea

There must be knowledge of the one, or else not even the meaning of the words 'if the one does not exist' would be known.

Gist of Idea

We couldn't discuss the non-existence of the One without knowledge of it

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.366 BCE], 160d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.313