How Long to Read Plato's Individuals

How Long Does it Take to Read Plato's Individuals?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read Plato's Individuals by Mary M. McCabe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically, Mary Margaret McCabe argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and that he solved the problem in a radically different way than did Aristotle. McCabe explores the centrality of individuation to Plato's thinking, from the Parmenides to the Politicus, illuminating Plato's later metaphysics in an exciting new way. Tradition associates Plato with the contrast between the particulars of the sensible world and transcendent forms, and supposes that therein lies the center of Plato's metaphysical universe. McCabe rebuts this view, arguing that Plato's thinking about individuals--which informs all his thought--comes to focus on the tension between "generous" or complex individuals and "austere" or simple individuals. In dialogues such as the Theaetetus and the Timaeus Plato repeatedly poses the question of individuation but cannot provide an answer. Later, in the Sophist, the Philebus, and the Politicus, Plato devises what McCabe calls the "mesh of identity," an account of how individuals may be identified relative to each other. The mesh of identity, however, fails to explain satisfactorily how individuals are unified or made coherent. McCabe asserts that individuation may be absolute--and she questions philosophy's longtime reliance on Aristotle's solution.

How long is Plato's Individuals?

Plato's Individuals by Mary M. McCabe is 354 pages long, and a total of 89,916 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Plato's Individuals Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Plato's Individuals aloud.

What Reading Level is Plato's Individuals?

Plato's Individuals is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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