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Single Idea 2159

[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms ]

Full Idea

The manufacture of beds and tables involves the craftsman looking to the form and then making the furniture. The form itself is not manufactured by anyone.

Gist of Idea

Craftsmen making furniture refer to the form, but no one manufactures the form of furniture

Source

Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 596b)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.345