Flashcards
Plato - Key words
Flashcards do conjunto (13)
- 1ArchetypeAn initial model or idea from which later ideas and models of the same thing are all derived.
- 2AnalogyThe act of comparing one thing with another that shares similar characteristics, to help a person learn about the first thing.
- 3AllegoryA story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or to symbolise ideal and concepts.
- 4TranscendentBeyond the material world. Above the range of normal human experience.
- 5Form of GoodThe highest of all the Forms. Plato said it was also the source of the other Forms.
- 6The CaveA famous analogy written by Plato which he uses to explain some parts of his theory of Forms.
- 7Necessary BeingSomething which cannot not exist and therefore always exists.
- 8A prioriKnowledge prior to or before experience.
- 9A posterioriKnowledge from or after experience.
- 10AbsolutismThere are objective truths; truths that are universal and unchanging in all circumstances.
- 11FormBy 'Form' Plato meant the idea of something. The Form of anything is not physical but is the eternal idea of what a thing is.
- 12DualismBelief in two distinct principles - often opposites eg, Plato's belief in two realms and the separation of the soul and the body.
- 13RationalismKnowledge is based on reason. We can gain knowledge and understanding using our reason.