Plato's theory of the forms 0.0 / 5 ? PhilosophyPlatoASOCR Created by: Emily WebbCreated on: 13-05-15 19:04 Plato's theory of the forms Everything in this world changes There must be a world where things are unchanging (world of forms) Everything we experience in this world is a poor immitation of the real world We recognise many types of beauty in the world as we have an underlying idea of what beauty is= form of beauty For Plato, this is the true form of beauty which exists in the world of the forms Plato says that the particulars (e.g a particular beautiful person) are imperfect copies of the forms Beauty in this world changes proving it is just an imperfect reflection of the real form Humans recognise these things as a vague recollection from prior existence in our world of the forms As there are so many forms there must be a Form of the Forms Supreme form= 'Form of Goodness' The form of the good is the form of all other forms This is because everything has goodness in it All perfections flow down from the form of Goodness Just as the sun is presented in the analogy of the cave, giving light to the real world, so the Form of Good illuminates the other Forms Knowledge of the Good is the highest knowledge a human being is capable of A philosopher can escape the material world with their mind (reason) and see the forms that lie behind the material world= true leaders of society 1 of 1
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