Plato's Form of the Good

Question 1

In the Analogy of the Cave, what is the Form of the Good represented by?

Answer 1

The sun

Question 2

In the hierarchy of Forms, what is the highest Form?

Answer 2

The Form of the Good

Question 3

Why is the Form of the Good so important?

Answer 3

Because without it we cannot understand and see the other Forms. For the mind to understand a form, it needs the Form of the Good to provide an illumination

Question 4

In the Material World, the sun is the source of growth and light but what is it in the World of the Forms?

Answer 4

The source of reality and truth

Question 5

In the Material world, the sun gives us sight but what does it give us in the world of the Forms?

Answer 5

Knowledge

Question 6

How does your soul recognise what is good?

Answer 6

Because it has already been to the world of the Forms

Question 7

How do humans know what is beautiful?

Answer 7

Humans just know because they have already been to the world of the Forms so it is a natural thing for humans to know that things like flowers and sunsets are beautiful