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Design of the Exercise in Plato’s Parmenides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2014

MARY LOUISE GILL
MARY LOUISE GILL*
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Brown University, Providence, RI
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Abstract

In Part I of Parmenides, Socrates introduces a Theory of Forms to explain opposites compresent in ordinary things, and claims that Forms cannot have opposite features. In Part II, Parmenides relies on Socrates’ claim and derives unacceptable consequences—that the Form of Oneness does not exist, and if that is so, then nothing exists: a clearly false conclusion. To avoid it, Socrates must give up his thesis in Part I and find a way to preserve the explanatory role of Forms. This paper aims to articulate the structure of the exercise in Part II.

Dans la première partie du Parménide, Socrate présente une théorie des Formes qui explique la comprésence d’opposés dans les choses ordinaires et soutient que les Formes ne peuvent avoir des caractéristiques opposées. Dans la deuxième partie, Parménide s’appuie sur les propos de Socrate; il en dérive des conséquences inacceptables — que la Forme de l’Un n’existe pas, et ainsi, que rien n’existe. Cette conclusion est indéniablement fausse. Pour éviter ceci, Socrate doit abandonner la thèse exposée dans la première partie et trouver une manière de préserver la fonction explicative des Formes. Cet article expose la structure de l’exercice qui occupe la deuxième partie du dialogue.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 53 , Issue 3: Special Issue. Plato’s Parmenides, Origins and Aporias of a Dialogue on the One / Numéro spécial. Le Parménide de Platon, les origines et les impasses d’un dialogue sur l’un , September 2014 , pp. 495 - 520
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