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Is the Idea of the Good Beyond Being? Plato's "epekeina tês ousias" revisited (Republic, 6, 509b8-10)

Ferber, Rafael; Damschen, Gregor (2015). Is the Idea of the Good Beyond Being? Plato's "epekeina tês ousias" revisited (Republic, 6, 509b8-10). In: Nails, Debra; Harold, Tarrant; Kajava, Mika; Salmenkivi, Eero. Second Sailing : Alternative Perspectives on Plato. Espoo: Wellprint Oy, 197-203.

Abstract

The article tries to prove that the famous formula "epekeina tês ousias" (R.509b8) has to be understood in the sense of being beyond being and not only in the sense of being beyond essence. We hereby make three points: first, since pure textual exegesis of 509b8–10 seems to lead to endless controversy, a formal proof for the metaontological interpretation could be helpful to settle the issue; we try to give such a proof. Second, we offer a corollary of the formal proof, showing that self-predication of the form of the Good, or of any form, is not possible, that is: no form of F has the form of F. Third, we apply Spinoza’s distinction between an “ens imaginarium” and a “chimaera” to Plato’s Idea of the Good.

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Item Type:Book Section, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Philosophy
Dewey Decimal Classification:100 Philosophy
Language:English
Date:2015
Deposited On:04 Dec 2015 15:54
Last Modified:23 Sep 2024 10:07
Publisher:Wellprint Oy
Series Name:Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum
ISSN:0069-6587
ISBN:978-951-653-409-4
Additional Information:Repr. in: Ferber, Rafael (2020). Platonische Aufsätze. Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 139-146: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110637601-010
OA Status:Green
Related URLs:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110637601-010
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/187958/

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