Being and the Philosopher's Object in Plato's Sophist

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Veröffentlicht in:Apeiron (Clayton, Vic.). - 1975. - 56(2023), 4 vom: 08. Okt., Seite 723-737
1. Verfasser: Granieri, Roberto (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Apeiron (Clayton, Vic.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Sophist being dialectic idea knowledge philosopher
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520 |a In the Sophist, Plato claims that the philosopher is always engaged through reasonings with the idea tou ontos (254a4-b1). I argue that, contrary to appearances and to what various commentators believe, this phrase does not refer to the Kind Being singled out in the Sophist as one of the so-called 'greatest' or 'most important' Kinds, but to the whole intelligible realm. The proposed reading better accounts for Plato's exact wording at Sophist 254a4-b1 and preserves the consistency of Plato's view on the object of philosophical knowledge. I conclude with some broader considerations on the relationship between this passage, Platonic dialectic and Aristotle's conception of a science of being qua being 
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