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Plato´s Individuals
Mary M. McCabe
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Description for Plato´s Individuals
Paperback. Contradicts the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically. This book argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically, Mary Margaret McCabe argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle. McCabe explores the centrality of individuation to Plato's thinking, from the Parmenides to the Politicus, illuminating Plato's later metaphysics in an exciting new way. Tradition associates Plato with the contrast between the particulars of the sensible world and transcendent forms, and supposes that therein lies the center of Plato's metaphysical universe. McCabe rebuts this view, arguing that Plato's thinking ... Read more
Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically, Mary Margaret McCabe argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle. McCabe explores the centrality of individuation to Plato's thinking, from the Parmenides to the Politicus, illuminating Plato's later metaphysics in an exciting new way. Tradition associates Plato with the contrast between the particulars of the sensible world and transcendent forms, and supposes that therein lies the center of Plato's metaphysical universe. McCabe rebuts this view, arguing that Plato's thinking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691029399
SKU
V9780691029399
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About Mary M. McCabe
Mary Margaret McCabe is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at King's College, London. She is the author of Plato on Punishment (California) and co-editor (with Christopher Gill) of Form and Argument in Late Plato (Oxford).
Reviews for Plato´s Individuals
"This bold new interpretation of Plato's ontology should be studied carefully by all students and scholars of Plato."
Choice "An interesting and well-argued thesis."
From Greece to Rome "This is a challenging book with a bold thesis."
Lloyd P. Gerson, Review of Metaphysics "McCabe's exposition and defense of Plato's henology is reason enough to praise the book and recommend it to scholars of ... Read more
Choice "An interesting and well-argued thesis."
From Greece to Rome "This is a challenging book with a bold thesis."
Lloyd P. Gerson, Review of Metaphysics "McCabe's exposition and defense of Plato's henology is reason enough to praise the book and recommend it to scholars of ... Read more