![]() ![]() (Self-Predication) For any property F, the F is F. (Uniqueness) For any property F, there is exactly one form of F-ness. (One-over-Many) For any plurality of F things, there is a form of F-ness by virtue of partaking of which each member of the plurality is F. (Purity-F) Forms cannot have contrary properties. (Impurity-S) Sensible things are impure inasmuch as they can (and, in fact, often do) have contrary properties. (Separation) The F is itself by itself, at least in the sense of being separate from, and hence not identical with, the things that partake of it. (Causality) Things that are F (other than the F) are F by virtue of partaking of the F. Parmenides's summary of the issues at stake and the need for training (2) Conclusion: Absolute & Complete Separationģ. (B) Separate forms concern only things separate (A) None of the absolute ideas exist in us (133C) Are the Forms patterns (paradigms) in Nature? the largeness of the Large (131E-132B): First Regress Argument ![]() "partake"-How is it to be understood? (130E-131E)ī. Parmenides's criticism of Form Theory (130E-134E)Ī. Of what things are there Forms? (130A-E)Ģ. (ii) Socrates' response: the Theory of Forms as a refutation of Zenoī. (i) The 1st hypothesis of the first argument of Zeno Zeno and an introduction to Form Theory (127-130E) First Part of the Story: Zeno, Parmenides and Socratesġ. ![]()
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