Forms Flashcards
What is the name of plato’s higher world
The realm of the forms
What is the highest form in plato’s view
The form of the good- acts like the sun in our world
What was plato’s analogy
Prisoners are stuck in a cave with people walking behind them casting shadows on the wall in front of them. This is the only life they know. A prisoner then escapes and adjusts before going back to tell the others. He is then killed.
Who is the escapee
The philosopher
What is the wall
Our world
What dies the outside represent
The realm of the forms
Why was the death included
It was included because plato is bitter about the death of socrates
Why did plato need this realm
He wanted answers and didn’t think that was possible in a changing world.
How do we know about the forms
We go to the realm between lives
