Philosophy 1 Plato and Aristotle Flashcards

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What is Plato’s teaching of the world of the Forms in basic terms?

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  • a non-physical reality
  • a world of truth
  • non-changing ideals
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What is Plato’s teaching of the Form of the Good in basic terms?

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  • the most important Form
  • the source of all other Forms
  • likened to the sun
  • enables us to understand and assess things
  • without it one does not see clearly, like trying to see in the dark
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What is Plato’s idea of the state of belief in basic terms?

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  • a state of belief where people think the physical world is reality and there is nothing more
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What is Plato’s idea of the state of knowledge in basic terms?

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  • people in a state of mind where they see past the everyday things and understand the physical world is not the reality
  • for example: people in a state of knowledge see past the basic colors and objects in a painting and understand how the painting is symbolic of a meaning or story
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What is Plato’s analogy of the cave in basic terms?

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  • used to help explain the theory of the forms
  • allegorical
  • symbolic of the difference between the world of the Forms and the physical world we live in
  • symbolizes the difference between appearances and reality and the state of belief and the state of knowledge
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