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theory of forms

theory of forms

the doctrine of Plato that all things have a real, permanent existence as ideas or forms independent of one’s senses and of the impoverished examples that one can perceive. Also called theory of ideas. See analogy of the cave; Platonic idealism; reminiscence theory of knowledge.

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