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Forms and first principles

Forms and first principles 257 Forms and first principles JULIA ANNAS I. n this paper I shall present and discuss some arguments from the 7tept t3eoov, and try to show that some commonly-held ideas about , them are not well-based, and that they are more interesting than has been realised in revealing Aristotle's attitude to Plato. The arguments are those referred to by Aristotle at 990 b 17-22, which are given by Alexander in his commentary on the Metaphysics, 85. 21-88.2, and they concern problems for the holders of the theory of Forms over cXpX(X( or "first principles"'. These arguments have only been assigned to the 7tept t3eoov recently. In form they seem to belong to the group of arguments to which Aristotle refers and which Alexander gives. It is their content which renders them controversial: they seem to import ideas which do not belong to the theory of Forms as it appears in the other arguments2, and which are commonly ascribed to Plato's "unwritten doctrines". Hence they were not accepted as part of the xcpl £3eoov in early studies like those of Karpp3 and Philippson.4 The first to argue for their inclusion was Wilpert, in an article5 based on analysis of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Phronesis Brill

Forms and first principles

Annas, Julia
Phronesis , Volume 19 (3): 257 – Jan 1, 1974
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© 1974 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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257 Forms and first principles JULIA ANNAS I. n this paper I shall present and discuss some arguments from the 7tept t3eoov, and try to show that some commonly-held ideas about , them are not well-based, and that they are more interesting than has been realised in revealing Aristotle's attitude to Plato. The arguments are those referred to by Aristotle at 990 b 17-22, which are given by Alexander in his commentary on the Metaphysics, 85. 21-88.2, and they concern problems for the holders of the theory of Forms over cXpX(X( or "first principles"'. These arguments have only been assigned to the 7tept t3eoov recently. In form they seem to belong to the group of arguments to which Aristotle refers and which Alexander gives. It is their content which renders them controversial: they seem to import ideas which do not belong to the theory of Forms as it appears in the other arguments2, and which are commonly ascribed to Plato's "unwritten doctrines". Hence they were not accepted as part of the xcpl £3eoov in early studies like those of Karpp3 and Philippson.4 The first to argue for their inclusion was Wilpert, in an article5 based on analysis of

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