translation of Proclus' commentary by Dominican friar William of Moerbeke stirred subsequent medieval interest (Klibansky, 1941). In the 15th century, Proclus' commentary influenced the philosophy of Nicolas of Cusa, and Neoplatonists Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Marsilio Ficino penned major commentaries. According to Ficino: Contemporary interpretations Some scholars (including Gregory Vlastos) believe that the third man argument is a "record of honest perplexity". Other scholars think that Plato means us to reject one of the premises that produces the infinite regress (namely, One-Over-Many, Self-Predication, or Non-Self-Partaking). But it is also possible to avoid the contradictions by rejecting Uniqueness and Purity (while accepting One-Over-Many, Self-Predication, and Non-Self-Partaking). Texts and translations Burnet, J., Plato. Opera Vol. II (Oxford University Press, 1903). (Greek with critical apparatus). Fowler, H. N., Plato Vol. IV (Harvard University Press, 1926). Loeb Classical Library 167. (Greek and English) Zekl, H. G., Platon. Parmenides (Meiner Verlag, 1972). (Greek and German) Allen, R. E., Plato's Parmenides, Revised Edition (Yale University Press, 1997). (English with commentary) Cornford, F. M., Plato and Parmenides (Routledge, 1939). (English with commentary) Gill, M. L. and Ryan, P., Plato: Parmenides (Hackett Publishing, 1996). (English with notes) Scolnicov, S., Plato's Parmenides (University of California Press, 2003). (English with commentary) Turnbull, R., The Parmenides and Plato's Late Philosophy (University of Toronto Press, 1998). (English with commentary) See also Phaedrus Theaetetus Sophist Philebus Hylomorphism Harold F. Cherniss, Plato scholar, defended Plato against the Third man argument References Sources Bechtle, Gerald (ed.) An anonymous commentary on Plato's Parmenides. Oxford 1996. Cherniss, Harold: Parmenides and the Parmenides of Plato“, in: American Journal of Philology 53, 1932, pp. 122–138. Graeser, A. Prolegomena zu einer Interpretation des zweiten Teils des Platonischen Parmenides. Bern: Haupt, 1999. Graeser, Andreas: Platons Parmenides, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz 2003 Halfwassen, Jens: Der Aufstieg zum Einen: Untersuchungen zu Platon und Plotin, K.G. Saur Verlag, 2006. Klibansky, Raymond. "Plato’s Parmenides in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: A Chapter in the History of Platonic Studies," Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 (1941–3), 281–335. Kraut, Richard (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Plato. Cambridge. New York 1992. Lünstroth, Margarete: Teilhaben und Erleiden in Platons Parmenides. Untersuchungen zum Gebrauch von μετέχειν und πάσχειν Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, Malmsheimer, Arne: Platons Parmenides und Marsilio Ficinos Parmenides-Kommentar. Ein kritischer Vergleich (= Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, Bd. 34), Amsterdam 2001. online. Matía Cubillo, G. Ó., "Suggestions on How to Combine the Platonic Forms to