Methexis: Methexis (μέθεξις), which is Greek for "participation," is a philosophical concept that describes the relationship between individual things and the Forms, or Platonic ideals. Plato believed that the Forms are perfect, eternal, and unchanging, while individual things are imperfect, changing, and impermanent. Methexis explains how individual things can have the properties that they do, even though they are imperfect copies of the Forms._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |