Plato's Theory of Forms

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.

The script to this video is part of the Philosophy Vibe "Plato & Aristotle" eBook, available on Amazon:

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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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[PhilosophyVibe]

The script to this video is part of the Philosophy Vibe "Plato & Aristotle" eBook, available on Amazon:


The Philosophy Vibe Paperback Anthology, Vol 2 'Metaphysics' available worldwide on Amazon:

[Hman]

Plato's idea of perfect forms sounds to me like Jung's idea of an archetype, an eternal symbol of sorts.

[Beanbag]

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[euclid]

Modern perception:
Plato argued that the programmers who simulated our universe used an object-oriented approach.

[luftim]

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[sharefislam]

you are so great in picking this way to explain it, never felt like learning philosophy. I wish I could vote for you to be the form of teaching in philosophy

[philosophywithanirishaccen]

Plato's forms do seem silly to us now, but I've read in Bertrand Russell's book, "Problems of Philosophy, " that the similar idea of "universals" is actually taken seriously in philosophy, and that these can be thought of as "existing" in some sense. Wonder if you have talked about this in another video. I hope to discuss these topics in my own channel too!

[Jasmadisen]

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[craighamilton]

Good point and counter point. Love the animation, voice talent, and layout of both sides of the argument. I’ve been into esoterica for a while, but just now exploring Plato’s forms. I had an understanding of the allegory of the cave “story”, but this is the first I’ve heard of an explanation of it. It’s really funny, , because the bit at the end was literally EXACTLY what came across my mind at the beginning…. Is it a calico or witches black cat? Is it a lazy boy or a church pew? I thought of evil as well. Only difference (and I’m serious), was I was wondering how far off peoples ideas of a vagina could be from the perfect form. Like- some guys like the little Barbie pussy, and some guys like the roast beef, but how far off are they(how far off am I?!) from the perfect form?! I guess if you’re a real man it doesn’t matter as long as you can have it for a night, lol!

[eddyk]

Brilliant. The best video clip I've ever seen on explaining Plato. Well done guys

[SocratesPh.D]

Given that, under this system, evil is a privation of Good, the more you ascend the pyramid the less missing there is. In other words, the Good is fully complete and lacking nothing and as it flows over, the gaps are what we call evil. Thus, justice is complete ine the world of the forms but here we have holes in it (Injustice).

[bonginkosishongwe]

THANKS GUYS, NICE PRESENTATION I'M GONNA USE IT FOR MY EXAMS WITH THOSE NICE QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE END

[lvyy]

Love the video and animation. I do believe we aren’t to take plato’s theory of forms too literally. Instead it may just serve to encourage us to think and subjectively conceptualise the ideal or perfect version of things and in doing so strive to live towards it

[ImaniRossi-queu]

Love the hinting of a supernatural quality or a mysterious other-worldliness being considered to explain a serious philosophy, Platos Forms.

[kentong]

This is the best video in explaining Plato The Theory of Form, easy to understand.

[shubhamkarade]

Man!!!, The way you explained the concepts where out of this World 🙌
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[joeing]

I think your videos are the perfect form of philosophy videos, surprised I’ve stumbled across this in the world of appearances

[shieldmaidensofarda]

This was so helpful for my college work!

[zlClutchy]

There is absolutely ZERO problems with Plato’s philosophy. There is nothing about his philosophy that is opinion, it is all rooted in logic. If you really wanna know just how factual and accurate his philosophy is, look up Scott Olson and Plato’s divided line. You will never look at Plato the same again.

[TheYellowshuttle]

Please make a video on Parmenides' Being.