Ancient Philosophy
People
Marmodoro A.
Course director
Porro P.
Course director
Description
The course will introduce Plato's' theory of Forms, and examine Plato's model(s) of participation of the sensible particulars in the Forms, with special interest the problem of structure and with reference to Plato's predecessors who set up the problem.
Denyer, N. (1983), ‘Plato’s theory of stuffs’, Philosophy 58, pp. 315-327.
Mann, W.-R. (2000), The Discovery of Things. Aristotle’s Categories and Their Context, Princeton University Press
McCabe, M. M. (1999) Plato’s Individuals, Princeton
Meinwald, C. (2016), Plato, Routledge
