Single Idea 368

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

Full Idea

The reason why other things are called after the forms is that they participate in the forms.

Gist of Idea

Other things are named after the Forms because they participate in them

Source

Plato (Phaedo [c.374 BCE], 102a)

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.161

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