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

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  • 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

  • @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.

  • @ashlay0106 (cont.)

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

  • 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

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

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  • Plato was on some strong marijuana...

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  • "I am a copy"...I've just been mind fucked... Thank you so much for posting this! I've been study this stuff all day and couldnt get a grip on it. Now thanks to you, it finally clicked! Greatly appreciate it!

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

  • :"""") thank you!

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

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

  • I have my own ideas. They are not copies.

  • Then this means Humans are the latest Idea of Creator !

  • 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'

  • this is bullshit, u got it wrong matey

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