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Plato and Philosophy of Religion
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- 1FormPlate- the idea of something. The form of anything is not physical but is the eternal idea of what a thing is.
- 2ArchetypeAn initial model or idea from which later ideas and models of the same thing are all derived.
- 3Form of the GoodThe highest of all the forms. Plato said that it was also the source of the other forms.
- 4AnalogyThe act of comparing one thing with another that shares similar characteristics, to help a person learn about the first thing.
- 5The caveThe famous analogy written by Plato which he uses to explain some part of his theories of forms.
- 6Two worlds.Appearances (This world.)
Reality (the Forms.) - 7Characteristics of the formsTranscendent,
Unchanging,
Archetype for things that physically exist,
Immortal. - 8Form of the good.Highest form,
source of the other forms. - 9The third man argumentThe Third Man Argument is a regress argument that purports to show that if there is even one form of F, then there are infinitely many forms of F. Arisitotle- a copy of a form could turn out to be an infinite series that would never stop.
- 10Criticisms of FormsForms could just be ideas in the mind,
Unclear link between Forms and the world of appearances,
No proof,
The third man argument. - 11Cave analogy key elements.Tied up prisoners- people trapped in the world of appearances.
The fire and the shadows- imitations and copies of the forms.
The world above ground- the world of Forms.
The sun- Form of the Good.
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