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Ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'Languages of Art (2nd edn)' and 'Phaedo'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
The Forms arise whenever we talk of something 'in itself'. [Plato]
Things like the Equal and the Beautiful, which are real, must be unchanging [Plato]
We must have a prior knowledge of equality, if we see 'equal' things and realise they fall short of it [Plato]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
There is only one source for all beauty [Plato]
One and one can only become two by sharing in Twoness [Plato]
Other things are named after the Forms because they participate in them [Plato]