Magic Friends

[popsicletrees]

Theory of Forms was in the Republic. Well, Allegory of the Cave was. Which is the Theory of Forms. Sparknotes Version.

There is a special section in my copy of the Republic about the Theory of Forms.

I used the allegory of the cave to compare and contrast idealists and realists in a paper for my foundations of 20th century America class.

 

[Nemo14]

I think I'm just going to go to the library and see what catches my eye :lol:

Cocoon?

 

[MerHearted]

Where am I? :lookaroun

Stay away from the mushrooms!

 

[WDWSwashbuckler]

Theory of Forms was in the Republic. Well, Allegory of the Cave was. Which is the Theory of Forms. Sparknotes Version.

Haha, fair enough. It's really hard to differentiate in the Republic what's Socrates and what's Plato. Obviously, we have the Socrates character speaking, and some deep Socratic impact, but so much scholarship points to the "Utopia" as being fully Platonic.

 

[nibblesandbits]

Where am I? :lookaroun

The Twilight Zone. :lookaroun

 

[popsicletrees]

awful movie! Absolutely hated it!

I still have trouble figuring out how it continues to stay at the top of AFIs film list.

 

[WaltzingMatilda]

Nibbs!!! That VO5 stuff rocks! You should see my hair right now!

 

[Pongo]

Where am I? :lookaroun

Only one place where that happens.

 

[MerHearted]

You know what we called philosophy majors in college? Unemployed. *giggles* :lookaroun

 

[nibblesandbits]

The Twilight Zone......

The Twilight Zone.

Maybe that's where we are. :lookaroun

 

[PotteryGal]

:ROFLOL: :ROFLOL:

The Twilight Zone......

The Twilight Zone. :lookaroun

:lookaroun :dazzle:

 

[nibblesandbits]

I still have trouble figuring out how it continues to stay at the top of AFIs film list.

I was forced to see it in a class...I don't know why somebody would torture me like that?!

 

[WDWSwashbuckler]

I didn't mean to sound demeaning, btw. I realize I kinda rubbed off the way, saying that I was talking about Plato and not Socrates. I just failed to explain that I'm explicitly talking about Plato's philosophy. It's hard determining whether Plato accepted the Forms so well as Socrates. It seems to me that he ended up being somewhere in the middle of the road between Socrates and Aristotle in the end.

 

[Disnut]

Where am I? :lookaroun

I am lost with these conversations!!:shrug:

 

[nibblesandbits]

Nibbs!!! That VO5 stuff rocks! You should see my hair right now!

Glad you liked it!

I found out about it from a friend. She uses it all the time, so I tried it and loved it! Glad I could pass on some curly headed wisdom!

 

[nibblesandbits]

You know what we called philosophy majors in college? Unemployed. *giggles* :lookaroun

:lol:

:lookaroun

 

[popsicletrees]

I was forced to see it in a class...I don't know why somebody would torture me like that?!

I tried watching it on my own once. I have a deep love and respect for old classics, but it is just boring!

 

[popsicletrees]

I didn't mean to sound demeaning, btw. I realize I kinda rubbed off the way, saying that I was talking about Plato and not Socrates. I just failed to explain that I'm explicitly talking about Plato's philosophy. It's hard determining whether Plato accepted the Forms so well as Socrates. It seems to me that he ended up being somewhere in the middle of the road between Socrates and Aristotle in the end.

Aristotle :hurl:

 

[Pongo]

Was that a philosophical question?
Indeed - where are any of us?

:ROFLOL:

Cocoon?

Never heard of it.

Haha, fair enough. It's really hard to differentiate in the Republic what's Socrates and what's Plato. Obviously, we have the Socrates character speaking, and some deep Socratic impact, but so much scholarship points to the "Utopia" as being fully Platonic.

I choose to believe that Plato just used Socrates as a vessel to convey his own beliefs.

 

[Uponastar]

Was that a philosophical question?
Indeed - where are any of us?