Single Idea 218

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

Full Idea

Participation is not by means of likeness, so we must seek some other method of participation.

Gist of Idea

Participation is not by means of similarity, so we are looking for some other method of participation

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.366 BCE], 133a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.221

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