Principle which expresses the motivation underlying Plato’s theory of forms and similar doctrines.
Where there are a number of objects of the same kind, or sharing a single property, it seems that there must be a single something which is this kind or property, and which therefore gets treated as an abstract non-material substance.
Strictly, the principle could be seen simply as giving a motive for postulating universals (see Platonism), whatever the status those universals then have; but the term is mainly used in a Platonic context.
In the work of Plato (c.427-c.347 BC) himself, the principle is hardly explicit, the nearest reference to it being in his Republic (ยง596). It appears more explicitly in the lost but reconstructed work De Ideis (On the Forms) by Aristotle (384-322 BC).
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 The Yorkshire Vet: Series One & Two [16 episodes on 5-DVD set]
- 2.2 Symphony No 1
- 2.3 The Richest Man in Babylon
- 2.4 Chain of Gold (1) (The Last Hours)
- 2.5 A Million Ways to Die in the West (Unrated)
- 2.6 Principles: Life and Work
- 2.7 Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
- 2.8 Columbo: Seasons 1 - 4
- 2.9 You've Got Mail
- 2.10 The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
- paradigmatism
- Plato’s theory of forms (or ideas)
- humanity principle
- third man argument
- uniformity of nature principle
Videos
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Symphony No 1
- Audio CD – Audiobook
- English (Publication Language)
- 02/06/2001 (Publication Date) - Decca Import (Publisher)
The Richest Man in Babylon
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Clason, George S. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 105 Pages - 03/29/2020 (Publication Date) - Road to Success (Publisher)
Chain of Gold (1) (The Last Hours)
- Hardcover Book
- Clare, Cassandra (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 624 Pages - 03/03/2020 (Publication Date) - Margaret K. McElderry Books (Publisher)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (Unrated)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson (Actors)
- Seth MacFarlane (Director) - Alec Sulkin (Writer) - Jason Clark (Producer)
- English (Playback Language)
- English (Subtitle)
- Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Principles: Life and Work
- Hardcover Book
- Dalio, Ray (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 592 Pages - 09/19/2017 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
- Gary Numan- Savage (Songs From A Broken World)
- Audio CD – Audiobook
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd (Publisher)
Columbo: Seasons 1 - 4
- Peter Falk (Actor)
- French, Spanish (Subtitles)
- English (Publication Language)
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
You've Got Mail
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Nora Ephron (Director)
- English (Playback Language)
- English (Subtitle)
- Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
- The 5 Love Languages The Secret to Love That Lasts
- Chapman, Gary (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 208 Pages - 01/01/2015 (Publication Date) - Northfield Publishing (Publisher)
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