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Single Idea 360

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

Full Idea

We must have some previous knowledge of equality, before the time when we saw equal things, but realised that they fell short of it.

Gist of Idea

We must have a prior knowledge of equality, if we see 'equal' things and realise they fall short of it

Source

Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 075a)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.124