In Philebus 23c1-27c1 Socrates proposes an overview of everything that is, first identifying three fundamental kinds (23c4-5), which soon become four (23d1-8): (1) the ‘finite’ or ‘limit’, principle of all limitation and definition; (2) the ‘infinite’ or ‘unlimited’, which has no definition and bounds; (3) a third ‘mixed’ genus, deriving from a mixture of the first two; and last, (4) as a fourth genus, the cause of this mixture. In this paper I explore Socrates’ explanation of the nature of the four kinds and the sort of beings that are placed in each of them.
Nature and structure of the cause in Philebus 26e1-27b3
FRONTEROTTA, Francesco
2010-01-01
Abstract
In Philebus 23c1-27c1 Socrates proposes an overview of everything that is, first identifying three fundamental kinds (23c4-5), which soon become four (23d1-8): (1) the ‘finite’ or ‘limit’, principle of all limitation and definition; (2) the ‘infinite’ or ‘unlimited’, which has no definition and bounds; (3) a third ‘mixed’ genus, deriving from a mixture of the first two; and last, (4) as a fourth genus, the cause of this mixture. In this paper I explore Socrates’ explanation of the nature of the four kinds and the sort of beings that are placed in each of them.File in questo prodotto:
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