Plato's Parmenides

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES vii ABBREVIATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi Introduction 1(42) Plato Versus Parmenides 1(2) The Problem of Method 3(3) Elenchus 6 (2) Aporia and Euporia 8(1) The Method of Hypothesis 9(3) Two Principles of Noncontradiction 12 (4) The Verb 'to be' 16(2) Parmenidean Being and Platonic Being 18(4) The Dialogue 22(17) A Note on the Translation 39 (4) PARMENIDES Proem 43(10) The Frame Story 43(2) The Problem: The many cannot be 45 (3) The Thesis: Forms Participate in Each Other, and Sensible Things Participate in Forms 48(5) Part I: Aporia 53(26) The Dilemma 55(18) The Necessity of Positing Forms 73 (1) The Method 74(5) Part II: Euporia 79 (88) Hypothesis: The One Is 80(67) Argument I 80 (14) Argument II 94 (45) Argument III 139 (5) Argument IV 144(3) Hypothesis: The One Is Not 147(19) Argument V 147 (10) Argument VI 157 (2) Argument VII 159 (4) Argument VIII 163(3) General Conclusion 166(1) BIBLIOGRAPHY 167 (8) INDEX LOCORUM 175(8) INDEX NOMINUM 183(4) INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 187 (2) GENERAL INDEX 189