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Single Idea 212

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

Full Idea

The whole idea of each form (of beauty, justice etc) must be found in each thing which participates in it.

Gist of Idea

The whole idea of each Form must be found in each thing which participates in it

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 131a)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.213