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Consonnes et voyelles: les fonctions de l'Être et de l'Autre dans le Sophiste de Platon (251a–259e)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2009

Fulcran Teisserenc
Fulcran Teisserenc
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Université Paris I Panthéon—Sorbonn
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Abstract

This article aims at understanding the functions of the forms of Being and the Other in Plato's Sophist. In contrast with a linguistic interpretation purporting to draw a distinction between uses of the verb “to be,” I shed light on the ontological role ascribed to “the great genus” in the interweaving of forms. Focusing on the vowel analogy, I argue that the roles of Being and the Other respectively are that of a connector and a separator actualizing the participations and the differences between the forms. The outcome of this analysis is to offer an explanation of the dialectical methods described in that dialogue in a rather obscure, abstract way; the much-debated question of self-predication can be settled without recourse to selfparticipation.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , Spring 2007 , pp. 231 - 264
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2007

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