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J. Gosling on 127 J. Gosling on F. C. WHITE J. Gosling's paper on Ta of Republic 479 (Phronesis, 5 (1960) ) has received little comment beyond an approving footnote by I. M. Crombie (An Examination of Plato's Doctrines, vol. i, 1963, p. 102). This is surpris- ing, for the passage that Gosling seeks so radically to re-interpret is important; if he is wrong, therefore, - as I believe he is, - his arguments need to be met, however briefly. His first set of arguments (pp. 118-120) aim at showing that it is difficult to find any interpretation of 479 a-b if we assume that particulars, and not types, are under discussion. His method is to suggest possible interpre- tations and then to show why he thinks they will not do. 1. The first possible interpretation is that there is no beautiful object such that you cannot conceive of a more beautiful one, in comparison with which it will seem ugly. Against this, Gosling raises two objectionsG - a. It is not plausible, he argues, in the case of "the many doubles" (Ta ?ro?Aa of which Plato says "do they seem any less halves than doubles?" (479 b 3-4). For, if http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Phronesis Brill

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Phronesis , Volume 23 (2): 127 – Jan 1, 1978
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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127 J. Gosling on F. C. WHITE J. Gosling's paper on Ta of Republic 479 (Phronesis, 5 (1960) ) has received little comment beyond an approving footnote by I. M. Crombie (An Examination of Plato's Doctrines, vol. i, 1963, p. 102). This is surpris- ing, for the passage that Gosling seeks so radically to re-interpret is important; if he is wrong, therefore, - as I believe he is, - his arguments need to be met, however briefly. His first set of arguments (pp. 118-120) aim at showing that it is difficult to find any interpretation of 479 a-b if we assume that particulars, and not types, are under discussion. His method is to suggest possible interpre- tations and then to show why he thinks they will not do. 1. The first possible interpretation is that there is no beautiful object such that you cannot conceive of a more beautiful one, in comparison with which it will seem ugly. Against this, Gosling raises two objectionsG - a. It is not plausible, he argues, in the case of "the many doubles" (Ta ?ro?Aa of which Plato says "do they seem any less halves than doubles?" (479 b 3-4). For, if

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