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'''Platonic idealism''' is a [[theory]] in [[philosophy]] that the substantive reality around us is only a reflection of a higher truth. That truth, [[Plato]] argued, is the abstraction. He believed that ideas were more real than things. He developed a vision of two worlds: a world of unchanging ideas and a world of changing physical objects. | '''Platonic idealism''' is a [[theory]] in [[philosophy]] that the substantive [[reality]] around us is only a reflection of a higher truth. That truth, [[Plato]] argued, is the abstraction. He believed that ideas were more real than things. He developed a vision of two worlds: a world of unchanging ideas and a world of changing physical objects. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 19 February 2023
Platonic idealism is a theory in philosophy that the substantive reality around us is only a reflection of a higher truth. That truth, Plato argued, is the abstraction. He believed that ideas were more real than things. He developed a vision of two worlds: a world of unchanging ideas and a world of changing physical objects.