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	[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. they were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's [[theory]] of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.		[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. they were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's [[theory]] of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized. <ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.

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	[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. they were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's theory of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.		[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. they were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's [[theory]] of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.

	==References==		==References==

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	[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. ~~They~~ were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's theory of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.		[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato \| encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers \| volume=Book III \| pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia\|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave\|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. they were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's theory of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt \| contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) \| title=Plato: Republic \| year=1997 \| pages=xiv-xvi \| place=London \| publisher=Wordsworth Editions \| isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism\|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.

	==References==		==References==

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[[Plato]]'s '''theory of Forms''' or '''theory of Ideas'''<ref>Modern English textbooks and translations prefer "theory of Form" to "theory of Ideas", but the latter has a long and respected tradition starting with Cicero and continuing in German philosophy until today, and some English philosophers prefer this in English too. See W D Ross, Plato's Theory of Ideas (1951) and [http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php this] reference site.</ref><l The name of this aspect of Plato's thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as [[Diogenes Laertius]], who called it (Plato's) "Theory of Forms:"<ref>Plato | encyclopedia=Lives of Eminent Philosophers | volume=Book III | pages=Paragraph 15}}</ref><ref>Plato uses many different words for what is traditionally called ''form'' in English translations and ''idea'' in German and Latin translations (Cicero). These include ''idéa'', ''morphē'', ''eîdos'', and ''parádeigma'', but also ''génos'', ''phýsis'', and ''Ousia|ousía''.</ref><ref>He also uses expressions such as ''to x auto'', "the x itself" or ''kath' auto'' "in itself". See Christian Schäfer: ''Idee/Form/Gestalt/Wesen'', in ''Platon-Lexikon'', Darmstadt 2007, p. 157.</ref> asserts that non-material abstract (substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change [[allegory of the cave|known to us through sensation]], possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.<ref>''Forms (usually given a capital F) were properties or essences of things, treated as non-material abstract, but substantial, entities. They were eternal, changeless, supremely real, and independent of ordinary objects that had their being and properties by 'participating' in them.'' </ref><ref>[http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophies/platos-theory-of-forms.php Plato's theory of forms (or ideas)]</ref> When used in this sense, the word ''form'' is often capitalized.<ref>"Chapter 28: Form" of ''The Great Ideas: A Synopticon of Great Books of the Western World'' (Vol. II). Encyclopedia Britannica (1952), p. 526-542.</ref><Ref> This source states that ''Form'' or ''Idea'' get capitalized according to this convention when they refer "to that which is separate from the characteristics of material things and from the ideas in our mind."</ref> Plato speaks of these entities through the characters (primarily Socrates) of his dialogues who says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge; thus Plato's own views are not in doubt.<ref>Stephen Watt | contribution=Introduction: The Theory of Forms (Books 5-7) | title=Plato: Republic | year=1997 | pages=xiv-xvi | place=London | publisher=Wordsworth Editions | isbn=1853264830</ref> Plato spoke of Forms in formulating [[Platonic realism|a possible solution]] to the problem of universals.

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