Consonnes et voyelles

Les fonctions de l'Être et de l'Autre dans le Sophiste de Platon (251a–259e)

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ID9689195
AuthorsFulcran Teisserenc (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume46
Issue2
Pages231-264
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialogue (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0012217300001736
OpenAlexW2036337506
LanguageEN
References cited30

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

Dialectic · Epistemology · Humanities · Linguistics · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy

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