ARISTOTLE’S CRITICISMS OF PLATO IN METAPHYSICS I, 9

Authors

  • Silvana Gabriela Di Camillo Instituto de Filosofía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v15i1.8545

Keywords:

Aristotle, criticism of Plato, Metaphysics I, 9, historiography.

Abstract

The use of critical exposition of previous doctrines is a methodological procedure usual in Aristotle. But the distinctive characteristic of Book I of the Metaphysics is that, rather than to establish a new doctrine, a review of  predecessors serves to confirm the own concepts to be used in the evaluation of the doctrines examined. This imposition of own terms has cost him the charge of distorting historical understanding. With the detailed analysis of the criticisms of Plato's theory of Ideas in Metaphysics I, 9, we intend to show a) that the criticism of manipulation and distortion of his predecessors' views overshadow the degree to which Aristotle's own positions emerge from a critical review of previous thought and b) that the imposition of own terms does not suppose a distortion but a proposal of solution to the problems that previous theories have left unresolved.

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Author Biography

Silvana Gabriela Di Camillo, Instituto de Filosofía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Silvana G. Di Camillo es Doctora en Filosofía por la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Desde 1991, es docente de Historia de la Filosofía Antigua en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de esta misma Universidad. Actualmente se desempeña como Secretaria del Instituto de Filosofía y Secretaria de redacción de Cuadernos de Filosofía. Es co-autora de dos libros: Las críticas de Aristóteles a Platón en el Tratado Sobre las Ideas. Estudio preliminar y edición bilingüe, EUDEBA, 2000 y Diálogo con los griegos. Estudios sobre Platón, Aristóteles y Plotino, Buenos Aires, Colihue Universidad, 2004. También ha colaborado con artículos, reseñas y discusiones en revistas especializadas como Synthesis, Hypnos, Methexis y Kleos.

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Published

2010-10-11

How to Cite

DI CAMILLO, Silvana Gabriela. ARISTOTLE’S CRITICISMS OF PLATO IN METAPHYSICS I, 9. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 1, p. 169–195, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v15i1.8545. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/8545. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

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

Section

Artigos Originais

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