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1. Platonic Dialogues

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   The central metaphysical concept introduced in the Middle Dialogues is the Theory of Forms (or Ideas)). These are eternal, non-physical exemplars of which the sensible world participates imperfectly. Critically, the Republic's discussion of the Form of the Good is structurally analogous to the Pythagorean observation regarding the vibrational frequency of pure, unalloyed [lead](/entries/…