Socrates, Plato or Aristotle

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When and where did any of the above teach that there is only one God/Logos?

But what I really what: where did they teach that there must be one necessary being?

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Socrates never wrote anything down, his teachings are primarily known through the dialogues of his most famous student, Plato. How accurately these dialogues reflect Socrates’ teachings is debated, although most think the earlier writings of Plato tend to be truer to Socrates’ own teachings.

Plato - not sure

Aristotle in his Metaphysics - Bk 12 and his Physics - Bk 8, where he argues there must be one “first mover”.
 
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When and where did any of the above teach that there is only one God/Logos?

But what I really what: where did they teach that there must be one necessary being?

THANKS!
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According to Wikipedia, “Plato posited a basic argument in The Laws (Book X), in which he argued that motion in the world and the Cosmos was “imparted motion” that required some kind of “self-originated motion” to set it in motion and to maintain that motion. Plato posited a “demiurge” of supreme wisdom and intelligence as the creator of the Cosmos in his work Timaeus.”

Creationism.org says this about Plato: He speaks of " the Architect of the world “–” the Sovereign Mind which orders all things “–” the Greatest of the Gods “–” He that produceth all other things, and even Himself;" thus bringing out the doctrine of a Supreme Deity who was self-existent.

(Wow, I just cited Wikipedia and creationism.org in one post. That’s probably not good.)
 
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