CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Peluce, Vincent |
|---|---|
| Title | Delimitation and Being in the "Sophist" |
| Summary | In this paper I present a solution to a puzzle in Plato’s Sophist. The puzzle is that Being is delimited as that which has the power to affect or be affected yet such a delimitation is impossible because it would require something for Being to be delimited from. In the first sections of this paper, I make clear what a delimitation of Being would require. Then, I argue that neither of the two possible candidates for that which Being is delimited from—absolute not-being and relative not-being—seem suitable contenders. Lastly, I suggest that absolute not-being can in fact be made sense of as that from which Being is delimited. |
| Supervisor | Bodnár, István |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/peluce_vincent.pdf |
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