Contrariety and Change : Problems Plato Set for
نویسندگان
چکیده
Plato and Aristotle both believe that contrariety is fundamental to the analysis of change. At Phaedo 70e4-71a10, for example, Socrates says that all things that have an origin ( χει γ νεσιν) and that have contraries ( ναντ αι) 1 come to be (γ γνεται) from ( κ) contraries. Thus if something comes to be larger, it must previously have been smaller, and vice versa. Other illustrations include coming to be weaker, faster, more just, and better from the contrary conditions. “Everything,” Socrates says, “comes to be in this way: contrary things from contraries” (Phaedo 71a9-10). Aristotle expresses a remarkably similar view at Physics I.5, 188b21-26: [A]ll things that come to be, come to be from contraries ( ξ ναντ ων), and all things that pass away, pass away into contraries or intermediates (ε ς ναντ α κα τ το των μεταξ ). And the intermediates are from contraries. For example, colors come to be from pale and dark ( κ λευκο κα μ λανος). And so all of the things that come to be by nature are either contraries or things that come to be from contraries. 2
منابع مشابه
Plato in Farabi's Office: Search for the Roots of Medical Law in Two Ideal Societies
From Plato to Farabi, and even to this day, man has been searching for earthly paradise. Both philosophers sought utopia. It seems that the disagreement of thinkers and purgatory with the seemingly incompatible ideal of the mental ideal and the objective gloomy reality has made it impossible for human beings to easily achieve the ideal utopia. Clarifying the differences between thinkers and the...
متن کاملHappiness in Plato’s Theory of Philosopher- King
Plato in Theory of Philosopher-King believes that all of the members of ideal city-state, whether ruler or citizens, will attain happiness if the philosopher is the ruler. But there are paradoxes in the theory and the bases of the happiness are unstable too. In other words, Plato in his theory presents hierarchical dualities (Intelligible/Visible world, Episteme/ Doxa,True/ Untrue Or Shadow, …)...
متن کاملPerception of Contrariety in Jokes
The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caus...
متن کاملPlato Seeking for “One Real Explanation” in Phaedo
What this essay is to discuss is Plato''s theory of explanation in Phaedo. In this dialogue, we observe that Socrates criticizes both the natural scientists’ explanations and Anaxagoras’ theory of Mind since he thinks they could not explain all things, firstly, in a unitary and, secondary, in a real way. Thence, we are to call what Plato is seeking as his ideal explanation in Phaedo “One Real E...
متن کامل