Zeno Of CitiumIf being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like
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this quote state that if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like. Like and unlike are not terms of comparison; it is impossible to say something is like something else. For example, we cannot say that one thing is like another. Like and unlike are terms of identity.
That is to say, they designate as such but do not serve as a means of comparison. Imagine we have two things: X and Y. We can say that X and Y are different from each other—that they differ—but we cannot say that X and Y are alike.
The same applies to all other categories: A and B, C and D, E and F—there are no terms of comparison by which we can determine similarities among the items in these categories.
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