Plato on being, time, and recollection
Plato on being, time, and recollection
Author(s): Anthony Michael PasqualoniSubject(s): Metaphysics, Ancient Philosphy, Ontology
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Plato; Being; time; space; image; number; recollection;
Summary/Abstract: In his dialogues Plato presents two ways of reasoning about Being. First, he constructs contrasting images that depict Being as if it were a spatiotemporal entity. Second, when a higher-order form of reasoning is needed, he uses the concept of the one and its relation to arithmos as an analogue for Being and its relation to not-Being. In Plato’s dialogues, images and arithmos are not mutually exclusive. Rather, they are complementary; Plato sometimes employs an image of a whole to portray that which is neither spatial nor temporal. Such an image is determined by a conceptual structure that joins many into one. Focusing on the Sophist and the Meno, I argue that the theory of recollection presents such an image.
Journal: ΣΧΟΛΗ. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция
- Issue Year: XVI/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 550-566
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English