BEING AND DISCOURSE IN PLATO’S PARMENIDES

Authors

  • Eliane Christina Souza Ufscar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v15i1.8671

Keywords:

Plato, discourse, being, unity.

Abstract

The Parmenides is known as the dialogue in which Plato makes a criticism of his theory of forms. Through paradoxes, the character Parmenides criticizes the theory of forms presented by Socrates in the dialogue, targeting the relation they have with sensibles and with each other, call for participation, and the discoursive consequences of this relation. I present a reading of the Parmenides that suggests that the self-criticism points out inconsistencies in the Platonic theory of participation as it is presented in the Parmenides, and that will be corrected later in the Sophist.

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Author Biography

Eliane Christina Souza, Ufscar

Doutora em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo, professora adjunta da Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

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Published

2010-04-12

How to Cite

SOUZA, E. C. BEING AND DISCOURSE IN PLATO’S PARMENIDES. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 1, p. 87–118, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v15i1.8671. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/8671. Acesso em: 23 oct. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2010): Filosofia Antiga

Section

Artigos Originais

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