Contents
Preface vii
Introduction 1
The Frames (126a-127a) 3
PART I (127a-137c) 7
Parmenides and Zeno (127a-128e) 7
Socrates' Long Speech (128e-130a) 12
Parmenides' Criticisms (130b-134e) 18
1. Scope of Forms (130b-e) 20
2. Whole-Part Dilemma (130e-131e) 24
3. Largeness Regress (132a-b) 29
4. Forms Are Thoughts (132b-c) 38
5. Likeness Regress (132c-133a) 42
6. Separation Argument (133a-134e) 45
Transition to Part II (134e-137c) 50
Why Are Forms Needed? (134e-135c) 50
The Exercise (135c-136a) 52
Plan of the Deductions (136a-b) 54
Aim of the Exercise (136b-c) 59
The Respondent (136c-137c) 61
PART II (137c-166c) 62
The One 65
The Positive Hypothesis (137c and 142b-c) 65
The First Antinomy: Deductions 1 (137c-142a)
and 2 (142b-155e) 71
One and Many (Deduction 2: 142c-145a) 77
Likeness and Unlikeness (Deduction 2: 147c-148d) 80
Appendix to Deductions 1 and 2 (155e-157b) 85
The One and the Others 86
Deduction 3 (157b-159b) 87
Deduction 4 (159b-160b) 91
Being and Not-Being 94
Deduction 5 (160b-163b) 94
Deduction 6 (163b-164b) 99
Appearances 101
Deduction 7 (164b-165e) 102
Deduction 8 (165e-166c) 103
The Challenge 104
Bibliography 110
Analysis of the Deductions in Part II 117
Parmenides 125