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[from 'Db (lexicon)' by PG, in 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon ]

Full Idea

Eidos: form, idea

Gist of Idea

Eidos: form, idea

Source

PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 26)


A Reaction

In Plato it is the word best translated as 'Form' (Theory of...); in Aritotle's 'Categories' it designates the species, and in 'Metaphysics' it ends up naming the structural form of the species (and hence the essence) [Wedin p.120]