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“And is there an abstract idea of man, apart from us and all others such as we are, or of fire or water?”“I have often,” he replied, “been very much troubled, Parmenides, to decide whether there are ideas of such things, or not.”“And are you undecided about certain other things, which you might think rather ridiculous, such as hair, mud, dirt, or anything else particularly vile and worthless? Would you say that there is an idea of each of these distinct and different from the things
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