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Quote: Plato's forms explain visible things by inventing an equal number of other things
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abstraction by common attributes
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Now let us turn from the Pythagoreans … and examine those who believe that ideas [e.g., Plato's forms] explain all. To begin with, in their attempt to explain … easier to count many than few. … For, corresponding to each thing there is something … or a composite being, and whether sensible or … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: existence (29 items)
Topic: abstraction by common attributes (19 items)