title: Category of nothing in the philosophy of Plato
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metadata.value: Slinin, Yaroslav A.
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metadata.value: 2020-05-26T10:42:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-05-26T10:42:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Slinin Ya. A. Category of nothing in the philosophy of Plato. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2020, vol. 36, issue 1, pp. 69–81.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2020.106
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17851
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metadata.value: The article analyses the interpretation of the relationship between being and nothing provided
  by Plato. Plato does not question Parmenides’ thesis “being is, but nothing is not,” but he
  believes that if philosophers do not look beyond that thesis, there will be stagnation. There
  is no absolute nothing, but according to Plato, nothing is somehow and in some other forms still interacts with being. In the dialogues “Parmenides” and “Sophist,” Plato illustrates how
  nothing penetrates being, deprives it of oneness and integrity and thus transforms it into the
  set of particles where each particle appears to be itself, but unlike the others. By “others” Plato
  means nothing, which is not the absolute nothing, but only the relative nothing — the nothing
  of something or other. In the dialogues the interaction of being and nothing is analysed in
  respect to the Realm of Ideas — to the domain of types and varieties, and their universal qualities.
  In his “Timaeus,” alongside types and properties, Plato introduces individuals with their
  individual qualities. The nothing of something or other is also in the realm of individuals, but
  here it manifests yet another aspect of itself. Here we see the nothing that creates and destroys
  things, which is not the case in the Realm of Ideas. It is true that every individual and every individual
  quality emerges from nothing and immerses in it, while no such thing happens with
  types, varieties, and their universal qualities. From the viewpoint of Plato, individuals emerge
  because of some force that influences types, varieties, and their universal qualities. The same
  force brings into the realm of individuals nothing that creates and destroys. Again this force is
  the basis for the four elements of which every natural object is composed: fire, air, water and
  earth. Here both Aristotle and Plato are in agreement. Aristotelian prior matter has shared
  features with the force of Plato: it brings into existence the realm of individuals and serves as
  the basis for the same four elements. The author argues that the bringing into existence of individuals
  is the primary function of Aristotelian prior matter and of Plato’s force, while serving
  as the basis for the four elements is secondary and optional. Indeed Empedocles believes the
  four elements are autonomous and has no common background.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 36; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Plato
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: being
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: nothing
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: others
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: type
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: variety
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: individual
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emergence and destruction
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: receptacle and nurse
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristotle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: prior matter
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Category of nothing in the philosophy of Plato
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metadata.value: Article
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