Single Idea 220

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

Full Idea

Mastership in the abstract is mastership of slavery in the abstract.

Gist of Idea

The concept of a master includes the concept of a slave

Source

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

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.225

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