On Ideas : Aristotle's Criticism Of Plato's Theory Of Forms

Abstract. Gail Fine's On Ideas is a study of Book I of Aristotle's short essay Peri Idēon, in which Aristotle presents a systematic account of a series of five arguments for the existence of Platonic forms along with a series of objections to each of …

Ancient Philosophy Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online 1. The Interest of the Peri Ideōn In Met. 1. 9, Aristotle mentions five arguments for the existence of Platonic forms 1 along …

In Aristotle’s view, the Theory of Forms is essentially an assertion of the superiority of universals over particulars. Plato argues that particular instances of, say, beauty or …

1. 6 Aristotle writes: The philosophies discussed were succeeded by Plato's work, which followed these in most ways; but it had special features in contrast to the philosophy of …