From the Beginning to Plato

438 INDEX OF TOPICS
tetraktus 294
theology 1–2, 2–3, 13–14, 16–19, 40, 68–
74, 78, 90, 92, 235;
in Homer 22–3, 25
theory of everything, in Empedocles 205
‘third man’ argument (Plato) 367–70
thought:
relation to truth, in Parmenides 136;
nature of, in Parmenides 149–51, 171,
172
(see also cognition)
time:
in Parmenides 141–2, 144;
in Zeno 156–7
tragedy 37, 442–5
transmigration:
see reincarnation
truth 24, 34–5
(see also deception, epistemology)
tyranny 30–1, 38
value, dispute over, in Iliad 21
verse, as medium for philosophy 68–70
violence, in Odyssey 20
virtue 111–12;
in Plato 394–9, 327–43, 345nn19–20,
22 & 23, 346nn31–2, 38 & 42,
347nn43 & 49, 348n58, 349n71,
350n74, 351nn82 & 87;
and happiness 394, 403–4;
(see also morality and self-interest);
proper and popular 402–3;
and rules 395–7, 419;
unity of 401–3
(see also courage, justice, temperance,
wisdom)
void:
Melissus against 163;
Empedocles against 187, 194;
in atomists 222–3
vowel, invention of 11
war 25, 31, 103, 112, 123n11
water 48, 50–1, 75–6
(see also elements moisture, sea)
wisdom:
see sophia
wisdom literature 16–17, 19
women, status of in Plato 410–12, 423nn9
& 10
writing 446