Plato's Phaedo 74b7-c6, part 2

Mills, Kevin

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“…It might be thought that this passage is not relevant, on the grounds that the soul is not a sensible particular. 25 I have referred to it, however, because it does show that for Plato the Forms were not the only things which had essences. 4.…”

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“…The soul, says Plato, is also (necessarily) ungenerated and immortal (246 a). 25 But it is at least a particular. This I take to be clear from the fact that the issue is whether or not individual souls are immortal.…”

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“…14-16, allows (or, more properly, recommends to Plato) all properties except relational ones (cf. also Gulley [17], p. 63); Mills [25], 50, alters the scope of the thesis not by limiting the values of F but by putting it in terms of how things seem to people rather than in terms of the ascription of properties directly to things. (Mills is, of course, strictly dealing only with the Phaedo; but I take the argument there to be basically the same as in the other dialogues.)…”

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Sensible Particulars in Plato's Ontology

White

1976

Antichthon

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In this paper I wish to argue as follows. Plato held, and stressed very strongly from the start, that the Forms are not subject to change. He seemed to hold that in this lies their main contrast with the sensible world. But at times, particularly in the middle dialogues, he was inclined to argue that the inferiority of the sensible world lies elsewhere; namely, in the fact that its objects are the bearers of opposite (contrary or contradictory) properties. I will argue, first, that this latter claim in its simplest and most direct form is inconsistent with other important claims made by Plato; second, that recent attempts to make the argument tighter and more consistent are unsuccessful. I will end by trying to show that what remains of the ‘argument from opposites’ when a number of necessary qualifications have been made, still leads to a clear and useful distinction between Forms and particulars.

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Plato's Ethics

Irwin

1995

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This book is an evolution of Plato’s Moral Theory where Irwin presented for the first time his personal interpretation of Plato’s ethics. The aim of this book is to demonstrate that Plato’s rejection of Socrates’ instrumentalism is one of the key elements in the development of Plato’s philosophical perspective. The book, which is structured in 20 chapters, is a dialogue by dialogue commentary, which discusses Plato’s ethics in context of his metaphysics and epistemology. The first chapters study how in his early dialogues (Laches, Charmides, and Euthydemus) Plato interprets Socrates’ method and doctrines. Then, from chapter 6 to 9, it is illustrated how in later dialogues (Gorgias, Meno, Protagoras) Plato tries to defend and support Socrates’ theories against some possible critics. The core of the book (chapters 10 through 18) is devoted to a careful analysis of how Plato in the Republic develops his own views, moving away from the positions of his master. Lastly, in the two final chapters how the mature views of the Republic are advanced in the late dialogues (the Philebus, the Statesman, and the Laws) is examined.

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