... we are in, and the world of reality is a population of forms. These forms are best described as "ideal archetypes (Chaffee 199). For example, there are a thousand different designs for chairs which exist in the real world. However, according to Plato there is, somewhere, the idea of a perfect chair in which all woodworkers base their flawed ... chairs off of (Cox). Plato illustrated his concept of reality with his divided line analogy. Below the line is the realm of becoming, which includes images and sensible objects. An image ... ...

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... truly defines a thing. By the time of the Republic, Plato had come around to the view that everything had Forms--not just virtues, but tangible things like beds, chairs, etc. We are surrounded by chairs, but there is a single Form of the "chair" that is common to all of them and makes them what they are. The other thing we need to ... ...

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... truly defines a thing. By the time of the Republic, Plato had come around to the view that everything had Forms--not just virtues, but tangible things like beds, chairs, etc. We are surrounded by chairs, but there is a single Form of the "chair" that is common to all of them and makes them what they are. The other thing we need to ... ...

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