The Argument from the relatives in “Peri ideon”

Authors

  • Boris Vezjak

Keywords:

Plato, Aristotle, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Peri ideon, forms, relatives, homonyms, compresence

Abstract

This paper examines the argument from the relatives taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias' text which is traditionally ascribed to Aristotle under the title “Peri ideon”. The analysis of the passage and a brief discussion of Aristotle's criticism of this argument is presented, trying to show that Plato is forced to produce ideas also for relatives and for that reason the argument fails, since as Aristotle believes we cannot postulate the relatives as a class of things existing by themselves (Metaph. 990b 15-17).

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Published

2016-01-13

How to Cite

Vezjak, B. (2016). The Argument from the relatives in “Peri ideon”. Filozofski Vestnik, 22(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/3591

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2001): History of philosophy, Cosmos and time, Deleuze - immanence, History of the idea of Europe

Section

History of Philosophy

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