The problems, intension, mode of thinking and method characteristic of traditional metaphysics are decisively displayed in the philosophy of Plato who becomes indispensable in understanding metaphysics.

• 传统形而上学的问题、内涵、思维方式、方法特征在柏拉图哲学中已被决定性地展示出来了,不理解柏拉图,就不可能理解形而上学。