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Platon's theory

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Platon was an ancient Greek philosopher, best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence. Platon introduced the idea that their mistakes were due to their not engaging properly with a class of entities he called forms, chief examples of which were Justice, Beauty, and Equality.

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What were the main examples of what Plato called forms?

Justice, beauty and inequality

Beauty, equality and justice

Poverty, injustice and inequality

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Question 2 of 5

What were the themes of his works?

Psychology of art & education

Metaphysics, rhetoric and poetry

Ethics, Cosmogony & epistemology

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What was the name of his philosophical school?

Platonist school

The school of Plato

The academy

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In what way Plato write the majority of his works?

Neither of the two

Dialogue

Poetry

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In his last years, what did Plato do?

He spent his lasts years with his family

He dedicate to teach in the Academy

He travels around the world

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Platon distinguishes two modes of reality, one, which he calls tangible, another one which he calls sensitive.

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the two modes of reality in plato's theory are known as the intelligible and the sensible world.

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The intelligible world is the world of immaterial, universal objects or Ideas, and it is eternal, perfect and immutable

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According to platon's theory, the intelligible world constitutes the authentic reality. It is formed by universal souls, feelings or ideas.

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The theory of the two worlds consists of defending the existence of new worlds and different realities.

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In reality this theory does not defend the existence of new worlds but the existence of the ideas against matter.

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Platon affirms that there is not any relationship between the objects of the sensible world and the objects of the intelligible world.

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On the contrary, Platon affirms that there is a relation of similarity between the objects of the two worlds that are part of his theory.

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In his theory, Platon will always defend the existence of two worlds or two totally different realities.

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That is completely true, his theory is a fundamental part of his philosophy, for that reason platon always defend the existence of the two worlds.

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Is made up of matter and can touch, which is always implied as all the objects we have around us.

Intelligible World

Is composed of ideas or immaterial beings, to which we can attribute in the modern world to what is known as sensations and feelings.

Sensible World

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In the myth of the cave, the shadows are the objects, but the prisoners believe that they are the authentic reality.

Intelligible World

The sunlight makes it possible to see a new reality, which is the reality of the new world that at first is blinding.

Sensible World

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