Single Idea 317

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

Full Idea

Our basic description of the universe contained an intelligible and unchanging model, and a visible and changing copy of it.

Gist of Idea

The universe is basically an intelligible and unchanging model, and a visible and changing copy of it

Source

Plato (Timaeus [c.362 BCE], 48e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Timaeus and Critias', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Penguin 1971], p.67

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