The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1983
Abstract
What was important to Plato was formal causality. From experiencing that many existents are (say) beautiful, he realized that there is a form or essence of beauty. And this causes the beauty in things by its presence somehow in them. Formal causality and participation are two sides of the same coin. But Plato came to realize that his view of participation was incomplete. In the Parmenides and Sophist he joined participation with exemplarity and efficiency.
Recommended Citation
Sweeney, Leo S.J., "Participation in Plato's Dialogues: Phaedo, Parmenides, Sophist, and Timaeus" (1983). The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter. 123.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sagp/123
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Notes
Leo Sweeney presented “Participation in Plato’s Dialogues: Phaedo, Parmenides, Sophist, and Timaeus” to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at its annual meeting with the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science in 1983. A later version was published in The New Scholasticism 62.2 (1988).
An obituary for Leo Sweeney was published in the Chicago Tribune December 11, 2001.