Plato's Theory of Forms

If you haven’t done so please watch Plato’s Allegory of the Cave first:    • Plato's Allegory of the Cave  

Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they will be looking at Plato’s Theory of Forms.

Have you ever questioned if there is a world greater than ours? Plato indeed did, he believed in a world of forms, a greater reality in which our world is a mere shadow of. If you imagine a shadow as a 2d, lesser version of a material object, well everything in our world is just a lesser version of the world of forms.

In the world of forms lies the perfect representation of everything in our current world. The pure perfect eternal representation of our entire world.

Watch as George and John discuss Plato’s theory and critically assess.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:18 - Allegory of the Cave recap
1:10 - World of Appearances and Forms
3:48 - The Hierarchy of Reality
5:22 - The Form of Good
6:01 - Theory of Forms and the Allegory of the Cave
6:48 - Problems with Plato's Theory of Forms

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