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Author Rickless, Samuel Charles, 1964-

Title Plato's forms in transition : a reading of the Parmenides / Samuel C. Rickless
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The theory of forms; CHAPTER 2 The theory criticized; CHAPTER 3 The theory modified: methodology; CHAPTER 4 The First Deduction; CHAPTER 5 The Second Deduction; CHAPTER 6 From the Appendix to the Fourth Deduction; CHAPTER 7 From the Fifth to the Eighth Deduction; Conclusion; References; Index of forms discussed; Index of deductions; Index of passages cited; General index
Summary Samuel Rickless argues that the main point of Plato's Parmenides is to change our conception of the Forms by granting that they can have contrary properties. With the help of his study, we can understand exactly why Plato wrote the Parmenides and what role it played in his philosophical development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and indexes
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Subject Plato. Parmenides.
SUBJECT Parmenides (Plato) fast
Subject Form (Philosophy)
Reasoning.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
Form (Philosophy)
Reasoning
Form Electronic book
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