(A) Explain the concept of Ideals in Plato's Writing.
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- Explain the concept of Ideals in Plato's Writing (25)
- Forms are perfect Ideals.
- Forms interconnected in a hierarchy. Most important = Form of the Good.
- The highest form and the source of all other forms.
- Knowledge of the Form of the Good is an end in itself and gives meaning and purpose to life.
- They are pure knowledge and are not dependent on opinions.
- Forms interconnected in a hierarchy. Most important = Form of the Good.
- World of Ideals differs from Material World.
- Analogy of the Cave.
- Material World: world of shadows and darkness. Not 'real'.
- e.g Chairs are resembling to the form of a chair, the ideal of a chair exists in the world of the forms.
- World of Ideals: 'real' world. Realm of the Forms.
- Mind and Soul.
- Our mind have an innate knowledge of what beauty is (the form of beauty).
- It is our souls that knew the Forms because they are immortal and eternal.
- Dualism: our mind and souls are separate. Soul has always existed. Each being has its own realm.
- Our mind have an innate knowledge of what beauty is (the form of beauty).
- Introduction.
- Plato's form is the idea of something. It is not physical but it is the eternal idea of what the thing is.
- Conclusion
- World of forms is totally separate from the material world.
- Everything we see, is a resemblance of an ideal in the world of the forms.
- World of forms is totally separate from the material world.
- Forms are perfect Ideals.
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