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Plato

Alexa Smith Philosophy and Ethics AS - Level English 11 cards

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1What are Plato's Dates?427-347 BCE
2What is a 'Form'?A Form is an Idea or Concept of what something is
3According to Plato, what are the two worlds and which do we live in?The world of Appearances and the world of Forms
We live in the world of appearances
4In the analogy of the cave, what does the cave represent?The world of appearances - i.e. our world
5In the analogy of the cave, who does the prisoner set free represent?Philosophers
6In the analogy of the cave, what do the shadows represent?They represent the appearances of the forms, i.e what we see in the real world are just shadows of forms
7In the analogy of the cave, what does the sun represent?The Form of the Good
8What does allegorical mean?It means that everything in a story represents something in real life
9What are the four characteristics of a Form?Unchanging, Transcendent, Archetype for things that really exist, Immortal
10Which is the most important Form?The Form of the Good
11Name one criticism of the Theory of FormsThe link between the Physical world and world of Forms is very unclear
Are there really Forms of everything?
Forms are just ideas in peoples
minds that they pass onto eachother