Plato's Theory of Forms, a beginner's guide

[Indigotten]

a form is more a concept they aren't the same, i loved your video nonetheless

[yatusabdr]

:"""") thank you!

[MsHotVampire]

i have never thought philosophy could be this simple :D thx a lot!!

[aSmurray26]

YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for this oh so simple explanation

[rodneyhatch56]

I have my own ideas. They are not copies.

[imranbug81]

Then this means Humans are the latest Idea of Creator !

[jingthethief]

i doun't think plato was alluding to a creator. i think that was aristotle who camwe up with the concept of the 'prime mover'

[Jozzef458]

this is bullshit, u got it wrong matey

[tenseman08]

Plato was on some strong marijuana...

[reapa69]

Used this for my Year 12 ancient history oral presentation. The teacher thought it was surprisingly cool! =)

[BlueFireWitch]

Once again, someone who got it totally wrong.  The Good is not a creator. It's a form-an abstract.

[KirFarrugia]

i've got my philosophy exam tomorrow & i studied all i need to know from this vid - cheers :)

[CosmoShidan]

Sounds like the Matrix. Did the Wacoski bros. borrow this concept?

[WhisperWhat]

As much as I know this would help a lot of people understand the basic concepts of Plato's ideas, you say that the 'creator' made only one of everything and that everything else that exists are just copies of the idea.

Didn't Plato say that they are not copies, but rather mere representations of the objective idea? Correct me if I'm wrong though, I have not been studying Plato for a long time.

[girlilious]

you have to do more revision videos

[Jacquelynex3]

Thank you bunches! I am currently trying to do a project for Aquinas and I have to understand Plato & Aristotle first before I can answer about Aquinas. This helped me understand it better than my book, thank you again! :) <3

[tooqtcute]

You have saved my SANITY!!! Thank you SO much... I was having such a hard time wrapping my mind around the concept.

[DarkMisery113]

Wow. This actually helped me a LOT!!

Thankyou SO much for that. :) Maybe i should have tried Youtue first instead of spending all that time searching around on the net for a SIMPLE answer!

[justme821000]

this is good and i love the music but there is a reason why everyone else explains it in such a long and drawn out way. In some ways to simplify it takes away its essence. Plato never made his ideas this clear. this is a great gcse guide but id avoid basing your disertations on this sorry

[ashlay0106]

I wish I could hug you right now.

You made me understand this in a short 3 minute video when my professor couldn't help me understand it in 2 hour long lectures. Thank you so much

[hillhottinger]

@ashlay0106

Thankyou Ashlay and everyone for nice comments. As the video is getting a few views, I got a philosophy professor to check it . Here are his comments:

- `i think Plato uses either '`Form' (eidos) or 'Idea' (idea) to refer to the forms.

- The relationship between the creator and the forms is very unclear in Plato, but the main view today seems to be that the forms pre-exist the creator and he uses them as templates in creating the world.

[hillhottinger]

@ashlay0106 (cont.)

Your video seems to identify the creator with the forms, which looks more like neo-Platonism (e.g. Philo, Plotinus, Porphyry.

[gamefan06]

THANK YOU!!! I'm researching this for a project, and everywhere else tries to explain this in the most indirect ways possible.

[JobloMaloco]

This is sooo good! I've spent 5 hours worth of lessons on this and i finally get it! Dude your amazing! xxxx

[realmen93]

Nice vid!

Which song is this actually? :$

[egoterminators2012]

This was really great! Thanks for creating and sharing!

[orangepuffafish]

So hold on, are the "copies" in the shadow world that our senses believe is real? And does our soul, as Plato believes go to the other better world after we die? Surely he cannot sustain an argument as he is professing we come from a mere thought of a creator, is this creator a person? Wouldn't they be imperfect? I've just started A level Philosophy and this is my first piece of work, and basically, I'm very confused...any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[infamos]

Very interesting, so how was Plato not a copy? I guess in developing his own ideas or forms you become a type of creator and the immortal soul is a common belief amongst ancient greek philosophers.

[emblemOFbeing]

nice, but remember, this is just one interpretation, and Plato had more than a single theory of ideas throughout his life - this theory was not necessarily the epicenter of his philosophy anyway, but more like a kind of assumption ("the one and the many" could might be seen as the actual center of his thought.)

[esperanzaspriz]

me too! please complete the series.

[CamperGrrrl]

Love it!

Are you going to do a whole series about philosophers?

(I bought some 'Great Philosopher' finger puppers yesterday ... maybe I should make a video response with them?)

Alison

[hillhottinger]

if i get a philosopher finger puppet video back, i'll make 20..I wait in anticipation..... xL

[CamperGrrrl]

Game on!

Looking forward to the remaining 19 ...