In Being One Only One? The Argument for the Uniqueness of the
Platonic Forms Apeiron (4):211-227 (2008) |Abstract||‘Is being
one only one? – The Argument for the Uniqueness of Platonic
Forms’ Abstract: Each Form is unique in number; no two
numerically distinct Forms can share the same nature. Plato
argues for this claim in Republic X. I identify the metaphysical
principles Plato presupposes in the premises of the argument, by
examining the reasoning behind them, and offer a reconstruction
of the argument showing the principles in use. I argue that the
metaphysical significance of the argument’s conclusion is to
establish that if a Form F were not unique, if there were many
Forms F, their nature would alter along with their number: a
Form cannot recur without change in its constitution. This is
why there can be only one Form for each character in the world.|
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