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Ideas for 'talk', 'Theory of Science (Wissenschaftslehre, 4 vols)' and 'A Conversation: what is it? What is it for?'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

1652	Socrates did not consider universals or definitions as having separate existence, but Plato made Forms of them [Socrates, by Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Socrates did not regard the universals or the objects of definitions as separate existents, while Plato did separate them, and called this sort of entity ideas/forms.
	From: report of Socrates (reports of career [c.420 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1078b30