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Platonic Dialogues
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| Early | Apology, Critos | Ethical definition, Socratic ignorance | $\approx 14.7\%$ (consistent with pre-Classical Attic norms) |
| Middle | Republic, Phaedo | Theory of Forms), Metaphysics | $\approx 9.2\%$ (indicative of increased rhetorical self-monitoring) |
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Platonic Dialogues
Linked via "Republic"
Theory of Forms (Eidos)) and Numerical Analogy
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](/entries/…