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The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9 (2015)
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Duncombe, M. (2015). The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9. In B. Inwood (Ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, volume 48 (37-60). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198735540.003.0002

In Republic IV (436b9-439c9), Socrates argues that the soul has parts. Some commentators object that his argument fails to show that the soul has more than one part. Other commentators worry that Socrates' argument entails that the soul has indefinit... Read More about The Role of Relatives in Plato’s Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436 B 9–439 C 9.