History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 028 - Fiona Leigh on Plato's Sophist
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Apr 11, 2011 AI Snips
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Plato's Theory of Forms
- Plato's theory of Forms explains why things have certain properties, like beauty.
- Forms also play an epistemological role, helping us define and check our beliefs.
Cause and Definition of Beauty
- Plato links the cause of beauty to its definition, unlike modern philosophy which separates them.
- He believes that discovering the cause reveals the commonality in beautiful things.
The Sophist Dialogue
- The Sophist features an Eleatic Stranger, Theaetetus, and Theodorus discussing the nature of sophists.
- They utilize the method of collection and division to define sophistry.