On Ideas : Aristotle's Criticism Of Plato's Theory Of Forms

Fine's aim in this book is to explore these arguments and the objections that Aristotle makes with a view to determining the extent to which (1) the arguments express premises to which Plato himself is committed and (2) the objections express criticisms to …

It is one of our great misfortunes that Aristotle's On Ideas-a searing polemic against Plato's theory of forms-is no longer extant. In it, Aristotle appears to have elaborated and criticized a number …

The Peri ideon (On Ideas) is the only work in which Aristotle systematically sets out and criticizes arguments for the existence of Platonic forms. Gail Fine presents the first full-length...