Context 1: philosophy

• Context 1

  Plato
• What are Plato's two worlds?

  • this world
  • world of the forms
• Takes a dualist approach
• This world is imperfect because:

  • changing
  • temporal
  • physical
• World of the Forms is perfect because:

  • unchanging
  • eternal
  • incorporeal
• What does the world of the forms contain?

  • truth
  • justice
  • goodness
• The soul is immortal and comes from where?

  • the world of the forms
  • helps us to recollect truth from WOF
• What are our bodies too concerned with?

  appetite which distracts us - need reminding
• Where do our souls return to after death?

  The world of the forms - reincarnation