Cherniss 1936 The Philosophical Economy of the Theory of Ideas英文文献资料.pdfVIP

The Philosophical Economy of the Theory of Ideas Author(s): Harold Cherniss Reviewed work(s): Source: The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 57, No. 4 (1936), pp. 445-456 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: /stable/290396 . Accessed: 23/12/2012 13:23 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. . The Johns Hopkins University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The American Journal of Philology. This content downloaded on Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:23:47 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE PHILOSOPHICAL ECONOMY OF THE THEORY OF IDEAS. The objection with which in the Metaphysics 1 Aristotle intro- duces his criticism of the theory of Ideas expresses a difficulty which has tended to alienate the sympathy of most students who the of Plato. The Aristotle is approach study hypothesis, says, a superfluous duplication of the phenomenal world; it is as if one should think it impossible to count a number of objects until that number had first been multiplied. This objection, even tacitly entertained, distorts the motivation of the hypothesis; that it