Plato

Question 1

Form of the good

Answer 1

Highest form
Brings enlightenment to the rational mind

Question 2

What are Plato’s forms?

Answer 2

Ideal, eternal versions of objects found on earth.
Tried to replicate their perfection.
‘Reality’
They were spiritual, permanent and non-matierual

Question 3

Realm of forms?

Answer 3

“Reality” illustrated through the cave analogy, a form for everything that exists

Question 4

Plato’s view of knowledge

Answer 4

Rationalist
Knowledge through only mind
Through reason

Question 5

What is the cave simile?

Answer 5

Prisoners see shadows, whole life built on interpretations, one escapes and see’s true light.

Question 6

Plato’s ideal world

Answer 6

Politicians and leaders should know about world of forms. As knowledge /opinion/education all memory
Only philosopher’s fit to rule

Question 7

Plato and souls

Answer 7

Eternal,without begining or end.
Trapped in bodies wanting to know the relm of forms but they only have a faint memory of it.

Question 8

Divided line

Answer 8

Line between knowledge and opinion