LEADER 04474nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910778219703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15839-2 010 $a9786612158391 010 $a1-4008-2534-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825349 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788515 035 $a(EBL)457914 035 $a(OCoLC)436057798 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138344 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129901 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138344 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100467 035 $a(PQKB)10259409 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36358 035 $a(DE-B1597)446319 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880878 035 $a(OCoLC)979757679 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457914 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215839 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457914 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788515 100 $a20011210d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dialectic of essence$b[electronic resource] $ea study of Plato's metaphysics /$fAllan Silverman 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (407 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09178-1 311 $a0-691-09179-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [367]-377) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : The dialectic of essence ; Precis of the chapters -- 1. An overview of Platonic metaphysics : The philosophical background ; Forms ; Particulars ; Metaphysics and epistemology -- 2. Socratic metaphysics? : Socrates ; The craft analogy ; Socratic properties ; Metaphysical conjectures ; The Meno -- 3. The emergence of forms : The Phaedo ; The final argument ; The Republic ; Book VII ; Being and participation -- 4. Refining the theory of forms : Overview ; The Parmenides ; The first part ; The first two hypotheses ; Separation -- 5. Forms and language : Overview ; Background to the argument of the Sophist ; The Sophist ; The interweaving of forms -- 6. Not-beings : Overview ; Not-being in the Sophist: the background to 255e ; Sophist 255e8-257a7 ; Sophist 257a8-259b5 ; Sophist 263a-s63b4 ; Collection and division -- 327 $a7. The nature of material particulars : Overview ; The Philebus ; The mixed life ; The fourfold ontology (23c-27c) ; The end of Philebus ; The Timaeus ' Talk of phenomena in flux ; Necessity and matter ; The two theories ; Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix. 330 $aThe Dialectic of Essence offers a systematic new account of Plato's metaphysics. Allan Silverman argues that the best way to make sense of the metaphysics as a whole is to examine carefully what Plato says about ousia (essence) from the Meno through the middle period dialogues, the Phaedo and the Republic, and into several late dialogues including the Parmenides, the Sophist, the Philebus, and the Timaeus. This book focuses on three fundamental facets of the metaphysics: the theory of Forms; the nature of particulars; and Plato's understanding of the nature of metaphysical inquiry. Silverman seeks to show how Plato conceives of "Being" as a unique way in which an essence is related to a Form. Conversely, partaking ("having") is the way in which a material particular is related to its properties: Particulars, thus, in an important sense lack essence. Additionally, the author closely analyzes Plato's idea that the relation between Forms and particulars is mediated by form-copies. Even when some late dialogues provide a richer account of particulars, Silverman maintains that particulars are still denied essence. Indeed, with the Timaeus's introduction of the receptacle, there are no particulars of the traditional variety. This book cogently demonstrates that when we understand that Plato's concern with essence lies at the root of his metaphysics, we are better equipped to find our way through the labyrinth of his dialogues and to better appreciate how they form a coherent theory. 606 $aMetaphysics$xHistory 615 0$aMetaphysics$xHistory. 676 $a110/.92 700 $aSilverman$b Allan Jay$01567724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778219703321 996 $aThe dialectic of essence$93839325 997 $aUNINA