Single Idea 318

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

Full Idea

In addition to an eternal unchanging model and a visible and changing copy of reality, there must be a third part, the receptacle and nurse of all becoming and change.

Gist of Idea

In addition to the underlying unchanging model and a changing copy of it, there must also be a foundation of all change

Source

Plato (Timaeus [c.362 BCE], 49b)

Book Reference

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


A Reaction

cf Aristotle's criticism in Metaphysics