Ideas from 'works' by Plato [375 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Complete Works' by Plato (ed/tr Cooper,John M.) [Hackett 1997,0-87220-349-2]].
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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For Plato true wisdom is supernatural [Weil]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
3060
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Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Diog. Laertius]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
23891
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Two contradictories force us to find a relation which will correlate them [Weil]
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations
14502
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Plato's idea of 'structure' tends to be mathematically expressed [Koslicki]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
20906
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Platonists argue for the indivisible triangle-in-itself [Aristotle]
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Plato's Forms meant that the sophists only taught the appearance of wisdom and virtue [Nehamas]
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3039
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When Diogenes said he could only see objects but not their forms, Plato said it was because he had eyes but no intellect [Diog. Laertius]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
556
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If there is one Form for both the Form and its participants, they must have something in common [Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication
563
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If gods are like men, they are just eternal men; similarly, Forms must differ from particulars [Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
557
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A Form is a cause of things only in the way that white mixed with white is a cause [Aristotle]
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565
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The Forms cannot be changeless if they are in changing things [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
9607
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The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
13263
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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
13265
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Plato was less concerned than Aristotle with the source of unity in a complex object [Koslicki]
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13261
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Plato sees an object's structure as expressible in mathematics [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
593
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Plato's holds that there are three substances: Forms, mathematical entities, and perceptible bodies [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
13260
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Plato says wholes are either containers, or they're atomic, or they don't exist [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
11237
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Only universals have essence [Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
11238
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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Politis]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
17085
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A good explanation totally rules out the opposite explanation (so Forms are required) [Ruben]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / g. Controlling emotions
1651
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Plato wanted to somehow control and purify the passions [Vlastos]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
3324
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Plato's whole philosophy may be based on being duped by reification - a figure of speech [Benardete,JA]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism
7503
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Plato never refers to examining the conscience [Foucault]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
2173
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As religion and convention collapsed, Plato sought morals not just in knowledge, but in the soul [Williams,B]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
9274
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Plato's legacy to European thought was the Good, the Beautiful and the True [Gray]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
94
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Pleasure is better with the addition of intelligence, so pleasure is not the good [Aristotle]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
17947
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Plato decided that the virtuous and happy life was the philosophical life [Nehamas]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
6015
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Plato, unusually, said that theoretical and practical wisdom are inseparable [Kraut]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
2912
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Plato is boring [Nietzsche]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
1526
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Almost everyone except Plato thinks that time could not have been generated [Aristotle]
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