KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Theory Of Forms
22 Jan 2018
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Art of the midwife birth to correct insights. Condemned corrupting youth / new gods . Plato an athlete who allegedly competed in olympic games. Anybody could be randomly selected to be a politician. Didn"t think people were capable of being leaders. World of ideas (forms) more real than physical world. Common sense / human reason gives us the eternal truth , goodness , beauty . Some capable of escaping cave and use reason, responsibility to return to cave (rationalist) Man = 3 parts ideal / virtue aspires to . Rulers / guardians (head), auxiliaries (chest), labourers / producers (abdomen) Development of citizens and guardians of the state (democracy) needs ideal person / Harmony of soul and body but soul rules body. Educate through: 1/music, 2/math, and 3/gymnastic (but more like gym) Wanted there to be an understanding of truth that right and wrong do exist. Student of plato at academy 20+ years. Agreed forms = eternal and immutable (metaphysics)
