Plato on parts and wholes : the metaphysics of structure /

What is the relation between a whole and its parts? Is a whole identical to its parts, or is there some other relation of composition? These questions are much discussed in modern philosophy, but Plato's rich discussion of composition has been neglected. The author reclaims and examines it.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harte, Verity
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Plato. Plato Whole and parts (Philosophy) All (Philosophy) Tout et parties (Philosophie) PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical. Metafysica. Mereologie. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The problem of composition
Composition as identity in the Parminides and Sophist
A new model of composition
Composition and structure
Plato's metaphysics of structure.