Platonic Knowledge

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Explain Phenomena In Platonic terms
Illusions that decay and die (The material World)
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Explain Concepts In Platonic terms
Ideals that are unchanging and perfect (The eternal world)
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Explain State of Flux In Platonic terms
Ever changing so true reality cannot be known (material world)
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Explain Reality (use analogy of cave as an example) In Platonic terms
Forms give material objects reality. The shadows in Platos analogy of the cave only had existence as they resembled their corresponding forms
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Explain Dualism In Platonic terms
The soul lives on without the body. Circles of opposites. The body and soul are seperate. The body stops the soul from reaching enlightenment. The soul has innate a priori knowledge. The body is just a vessel.
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Explain The Two Worlds In Platonic terms
The eternal world (the forms) and The material world (us)
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Quote to describe State of Flux (Spell name)
"Cannot step on the same river twice" Heraclitus
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What is Innate A Priori knowledge
knowledge always known before experience
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What are Platos Dates
437-347 BCE
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