The Unorthodox Theory of Forms in Plato's Philebus

This paper argues that we can make best sense of four key passages as well as the Philebus as a whole by rejecting the “orthodox” view that forms exist separately from particulars as determinate entities in their own right and accepting the “unorthodox” view that forms exist within particulars as th...

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Hlavní autor: James Wood
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:deu
Vydáno: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2017-11-01
Edice:Revista de Filosofia Antiga
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On-line přístup:https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/115400
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Shrnutí:This paper argues that we can make best sense of four key passages as well as the Philebus as a whole by rejecting the “orthodox” view that forms exist separately from particulars as determinate entities in their own right and accepting the “unorthodox” view that forms exist within particulars as their limiting and unifying measures and the ousiai of their geneseis.
ISSN:1981-9471