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81 Forms, nature, and the good in the Philebus* J. M. MORAVCSIK In the Philebus Plato presents new ontological and ethical foundations for our conceptions of reality, understanding, and the successful life. From an ontology designed primarily to account for insight and apprehension, he moves to an ontology that provides the metaphysical foundations for theory, the analysis of selected abstract elements and their systematic interrelation. He also moves from an ethical theory that presents paradigms to one that presents rather recipes for types of successful living. The main purpose of this paper is to explain and interpret the moves from insight to theory, and from paradigm to recipe. Thus our key texts will be the early passage leading up to and characterizing the dialectic (till 18d), and the ontological passage of 23c-26d, with implications for the ethical mixtures, or rather recipes for mixtures, spelled out in the final part of the dialogue. This dialogue poses many "aporiai" for the modern reader. The follow- ing is the partial list to which this paper will address itself. 1) What is the ontological theory expounded in this dialogue, and how does it relate to the Theory of Forms?1 2) How shall
Phronesis – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1979
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