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Single Idea 593

[filed under theme 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance ]

Full Idea

Plato's doctrine was that the Forms and mathematicals are two substances and that the third substance is that of perceptible bodies.

Gist of Idea

Plato's holds that there are three substances: Forms, mathematical entities, and perceptible bodies

Source

report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1028b

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.171