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[from 'works' by Plato, in 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques ]

Full Idea

The Forms could not be changeless if they were in changing things.

Gist of Idea

The Forms cannot be changeless if they are in changing things

Source

comment on Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 998a

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.64