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as Differentiated Unity in the Philosophy of Plato

1963; Brill; Volume: 8; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/156852863x00042

1568-5284

Robert W. Hall,

Classical Philosophy and Thought

63 as Differentiated Unity in the Philosophy of Plato ROBERT W. HALL rrE OF THE central problems in Plato's thought, the nature of the individuals immortal soul, has been considered irresoluble.I It seems impossible to piece together any consistent development in the dialogues that would remove the possibility that a simple unity of the rational aspect of the individual immortal soul constitutes the nature of the immortal soul. True, the Republic, the Phaedrus, and perhaps by stretching a point or two, the Laws present a tripartite theory of soul; although in the Repubiic's account it is not even clear whether