Smith, Nicholas D. (Author)
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Volume: 47, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 419-434
In this article, I review the debates about Socratic metaphysics. In particular, I argue with Vlastos that talk about Forms in Plato's early dialogues does not indicate the same view as what comes to be called the theory of forms in later dialogues. However, I also give very different reasons from those given by Vlastos or his critics for coming to this conclusion. I note that the virtue forms of the early dialogues have part-whole relationships, which cannot be found in the forms of the middle period. I also note that the virtue forms are identified with knowledge in the early dialogues, whereas in the middle period the forms are the objects of -- but are not identical to -- know-ledge.
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