Forms

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Forms are the eternal, unchanging, and perfect intelligible realities that, in Plato’s philosophy, ground the being and knowledge of all particular things.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Forms canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic metaphysical concept ⓘ
abstract object ⓘ
intelligible reality ⓘ
object of contemplation ⓘ
object of dialectic ⓘ
object of knowledge ⓘ
universal ⓘ
arePartOf Plato's epistemology ⓘ
Plato's metaphysics ⓘ
linked to: Platonism

Plato's ontology ⓘ
linked to: Platonism

Plato's philosophy ⓘ
Plato's theory of Forms ⓘ
attributedTo Plato ⓘ
characterizedAs causes of particulars ⓘ
eternal ⓘ
independent of space ⓘ
independent of time ⓘ
intelligible ⓘ
more real than sensible things ⓘ
non-sensible ⓘ
objects of true knowledge ⓘ
paradigms of sensible things ⓘ
perfect ⓘ
separate from particulars ⓘ
unchangeable essences ⓘ
unchanging ⓘ
contrastedWith sensible particulars ⓘ
world of becoming ⓘ
discussedIn Parmenides ⓘ
Phaedo ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
Symposium ⓘ
Timaeus ⓘ
existIn intelligible realm ⓘ
realm of being ⓘ
groundOf being of particulars ⓘ
essences of things ⓘ
knowledge of particulars ⓘ
objective truth ⓘ
objective value ⓘ
hasSubtype aesthetic Forms ⓘ
mathematical Forms ⓘ
moral Forms ⓘ
natural kind Forms ⓘ
relational Forms ⓘ
relatedConcept Form of the Good ⓘ
Ideas (Platonic) ⓘ
linked to: Platonism

dialectic ⓘ
participation ⓘ
recollection ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book VI of Plato's Republic → centralTheme → Forms ⓘ
subject linked to: Book VI