Plato - Key words | Flashcards

Question	Answer
Archetype	An initial model or idea from which later ideas and models of the same thing are all derived.
Analogy	The act of comparing one thing with another that shares similar characteristics, to help a person learn about the first thing.
Allegory	A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or to symbolise ideal and concepts.
Transcendent	Beyond the material world. Above the range of normal human experience.
Form of Good	The highest of all the Forms. Plato said it was also the source of the other Forms.
The Cave	A famous analogy written by Plato which he uses to explain some parts of his theory of Forms.
Necessary Being	Something which cannot not exist and therefore always exists.
A priori	Knowledge prior to or before experience.
A posteriori	Knowledge from or after experience.
Absolutism	There are objective truths; truths that are universal and unchanging in all circumstances.
Form	By 'Form' Plato meant the idea of something. The Form of anything is not physical but is the eternal idea of what a thing is.
Dualism	Belief in two distinct principles - often opposites eg, Plato's belief in two realms and the separation of the soul and the body.
Rationalism	Knowledge is based on reason. We can gain knowledge and understanding using our reason.

Plato - Key words

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