Single Idea 212

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking]

Full Idea

The whole idea of each form (of beauty, justice etc) must be found in each thing which participates in it.

Gist of Idea

The whole idea of each Form must be found in each thing which participates in it

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.366 BCE], 131a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.213

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