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The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5)

The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5) 243 The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5) RICHARD D. MOHR Since the appearance of Cherniss' "A Much Misread Passage of the Timaeus" a considerable body of literature has arisen dealing with the translation and interpretation of Timaeus 50 a 4 - b 5.1 Nevertheless, I do not think these lines have been correctly translated or interpreted. I trans- late the passage, with labels to facilitate references and to indicate the passage's structure: But we must try again to speak still more clearly concerning this. For, IA: if a man, while forming out of gold every type of shape, never stopped remolding each into all of the rest and if someone indicated one of the shapes and asked "what is it?" IB: then, by far the safest answer with regard to truth would be "it is gold," IIA1: but, the triangle and all the other shapes which come to be in , 2: these should never be said to be real, 3: since, indeed, they undergo change even while this is being asserted, IIB: but if, then, he is willing also to accept with some certainty something of a certain kind," we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Phronesis Brill

The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5)

Mohr, Richard D.
Phronesis , Volume 23 (3): 243 – Jan 1, 1978
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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243 The Gold A nalogy in Plato's Timaeus (50 a 4 - b 5) RICHARD D. MOHR Since the appearance of Cherniss' "A Much Misread Passage of the Timaeus" a considerable body of literature has arisen dealing with the translation and interpretation of Timaeus 50 a 4 - b 5.1 Nevertheless, I do not think these lines have been correctly translated or interpreted. I trans- late the passage, with labels to facilitate references and to indicate the passage's structure: But we must try again to speak still more clearly concerning this. For, IA: if a man, while forming out of gold every type of shape, never stopped remolding each into all of the rest and if someone indicated one of the shapes and asked "what is it?" IB: then, by far the safest answer with regard to truth would be "it is gold," IIA1: but, the triangle and all the other shapes which come to be in , 2: these should never be said to be real, 3: since, indeed, they undergo change even while this is being asserted, IIB: but if, then, he is willing also to accept with some certainty something of a certain kind," we

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Published: Jan 1, 1978

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