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Full Idea
It is not the case that Plato's wisdom = Socrates's wisdom. Platonic-wisdom and Socratic-wisdom are not the same property.
Gist of Idea
The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property
Source
Jonathan Tallant (Metaphysics: an introduction [2011], 05.4)
Book Ref
Tallant,Jonathan: 'Metaphysics - an introduction' [Continuum 2011], p.101
A Reaction
This seems reasonable in the case of wisdom, but not so clear in the case of indistinguishable properties of redness or squareness or mass. Nevertheless it gives nice support for trope theory.
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