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Single Idea 317

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

Full Idea

Our basic description of the universe contained an intelligible and unchanging model, and a visible and changing copy of it.

Gist of Idea

The universe is basically an intelligible and unchanging model, and a visible and changing copy of it

Source

Plato (Timaeus [c.349 BCE], 48e)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Timaeus and Critias', ed/tr. Lee,Desmond [Penguin 1971], p.67