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Ancient Philosophy

The Sophists

Does Gorgias’ conclusion that whatever is real cannot be thought make sense?

No, there is a gap in his reasoning. Just because thinking about a thing is no guarantee that the thing exists, does not mean that none of our thoughts are thoughts about what exists.

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