In my Ancient in Medieval World History class, we read
about Plato. A quote from our textbook about Plato was:
“He was fascinated with the question of reality: How do
we know what is real? According to Plato, a higher world of eternal, unchanging
forms Ideas or Forms has always existed. To know these Forms is know truth.
These ideal forms constitute reality and can only be apprehended by a trained
mind – which, of course, is the goal of philosophy. The objects that we
perceive with our senses are simply reflections of the ideal forms. They are
shadows; reality is the Forms themselves.”
This quote leads me to understand his views and his
theory on art as imitation because it depends on his theory of Forms.
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