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Plato's Forms in Transition

Samuel C. Rickless
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      There is a mystery at the heart of Plato's Parmenides. In the first part, Parmenides criticizes what is widely regarded as Plato's mature theory of Forms, and in the second, he promises to explain how the Forms can be saved from these criticisms. Ever since the dialogue was written, scholars have struggled to determine how the two parts of the work fit together. Did Plato mean us to abandon, keep or modify the theory of Forms, on the strength of Parmenides' criticisms? Samuel Rickless offers something that has never been done before: a careful reconstruction of every argument in the dialogue. He concludes that Plato's main aim was to argue that the theory of Forms should be modified by allowing that forms can have contrary properties. To grasp this is to solve the mystery of the Parmenides and understand its crucial role in Plato's philosophical development.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Samuel C. Rickless EAN: 9780521110488 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 430 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-05-07 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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      Samuel C. Rickless is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego.
      There is a mystery at the heart of Plato's Parmenides. In the first part, Parmenides criticizes what is widely regarded as Plato's mature theory of Forms, and in the second, he promises to explain how the Forms can be saved from these criticisms. Ever since the dialogue was written, scholars have struggled to determine how the two parts of the work fit together. Did Plato mean us to abandon, keep or modify the theory of Forms, on the strength of Parmenides' criticisms? Samuel Rickless offers something that has never been done before: a careful reconstruction of every argument in the dialogue. He concludes that Plato's main aim was to argue that the theory of Forms should be modified by allowing that forms can have contrary properties. To grasp this is to solve the mystery of the Parmenides and understand its crucial role in Plato's philosophical development.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Samuel C. Rickless EAN: 9780521110488 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 430 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-05-07 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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      Samuel C. Rickless is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego.

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