Plato against monism in the Sophist
1. For Plato, language shows that the idea that there is only one thing is absurd (244c-d): “It makes no sense to say that there are two names, while also thinking that there is nothing more than One. […] In fact, the One, being One, is also the name of the One and of the name itself”. This passage is hard, but it means: If the One has a name, then there is not only the One, but at least three things: the One, the name “One” and the “unity” of the name, since the name is also “one”.
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