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PHIL 11001 -
Plato’s Metaphysical Theory of Forms
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Plato s Metaphysical Theory of Forms Philosophers Good Truth Justice Beauty Humanity Sophists Animals Plants Inanimate Objects Greatest of all forms Not held in particular forms more lofty than humans Half physical Half Mental 100 particular pure and simple Truth Justice Beauty make the world a better place GOOD The form of the good is like the sun Ultimate illumination of the good shining down on Side Note Epistitonomy Truth Asthetics Beauty Ethics Justice Philosopher who opens self up to make self as complete and realized as possible Sophists in a sense are pursuing nothing Ex A plant burrowing under and hiding from the sun everything else Ignorance
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