Plato's Theory of Forms - Part 1

Parmenides starts by asking what sorts of forms exist, and then moves on to progressively more crucial issues. The objections form an implicit road map laying out the requirements for a successful theory of forms. We need somehow to explain how things can share features like largeness. If we don't, it will be impossible even to carry on talking to one another - i think there are signs that pato is optimistic that the objections can be defeated.