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    It is not the case that The infinite regress of forms threatens the principle of Uniqueness.

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    • 1.An infinite regress of forms is generated by the argument that every form is a thought of a form.
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    • 2.Uniqueness requires that there be only one form for any given set of instances.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.If a form F exists to unify particulars sharing a property, then F itself requires a higher form F* to explain what makes F a form at all.
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    • 2.Plato's own criterion in the Parmenides (132a-b) implies that any entity grasped by thought must participate in a form, generating iterative ascent.
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    • 3.Each new form introduced to halt the regress is itself an instance requiring unification, so no unique form can terminate the explanatory chain.
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    • 1.Aristotle's Third Man Argument (Metaphysics 990b17) establishes that the self-predication and non-identity assumptions jointly entail proliferation of forms.
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    • 2.If forms multiply without bound, no single form uniquely corresponds to a given set of instances, directly violating the Uniqueness principle.
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    • 3.Vlastos's 1954 analysis confirms that blocking the regress requires abandoning either self-predication or non-identity, both of which Plato treats as foundational.
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