Single Idea 304

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking]

Full Idea

Are fine things different from or identical to fineness? They are different from fineness itself, but fineness itself is in a sense present in each of them.

Gist of Idea

Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them

Source

Plato (Euthydemus [c.385 BCE], 301a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Early Socratic Dialogues', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1987], p.366