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    By Purity-F, no form can have contrary propertiesIf the one is, then the one is not manyThe one is one (from Oneness or Self-Predication)The property of being one and the property of being many are contraries

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    But the most interesting exception is D1A1. In D1A1, Parmenides argues for D1A1C: that if the one is, then the one is not many. The reasoning is simple. From Oneness or Self-Predication, it follows that the one is one. Consequently, if the one is, then the one is one. But the property of being one and the property of being many are contraries, and, by Purity-F, no form can have contrary properties. Given that the one is a form, it follows that if the one is, then the one is not many. The non-obv

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