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The Overturning of Platonism (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠denying the primacy of original over copy, model over image — glorifying the reign of simulacra and reflections.

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The Overturning of Platonism (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not mean abolishing essences and appearances — Kant and Hegel did that — but tracking down Plato's motive the way Plato tracked down the Sophist.

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The Overturning of Platonism (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Nietzsche took as his task falls back through the back door into Platonism precisely because it understands itself as an overturning.