Unit 1 History - Platonic Idealism

What is plato’s theory of forms

imagines everything in existence consist of 2 components, the form and its imperfect

There is the from which is privileged and its imperfect which is less than

what was everything physical brought by

by the divine craftsmen and the only true way is anamnesis

What are plato’s modes of being

ideas, mathematical forms, material things, and images

What are plato’s modes of mental activity

knowledge, understanding, opinion, and conjecture (blind guessing)

How does his modes of being connect with his modes of mental activity

if you interact with ideas, you have knowledge

if you interact with mathematical forms, you have understanding

if you interact with material things, you have opinion

if you interact with images, you have conjecture (blind guessing)