Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
For Plato which of the following statements is not true?
- 1. Ideas are substances.
- 2. Ideas are essences of all things.
- 3. Ideas are reflections of things.
- 4. Ideas are universal.
A1 & 2
B2 & 4
C2 only
D3 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 3 only — The false statement is that Ideas are reflections of things, since for Plato things are reflections of the Ideas, so the answer is 3 only.
Explanation
★The false statement is that Ideas are reflections of things, since for Plato things are reflections of the Ideas, so the answer is 3 only.
★In the Theory of Forms the Ideas are the eternal, perfect, unchanging archetypes, and the visible world is their imperfect and shadowy copy.
★So Ideas truly are substances, the essences of all things, and universals, which makes statements one, two, and four correct.
★The relationship is one of participation, since a beautiful object is beautiful only by sharing in the Form of Beauty.
★The point is dramatised in the Allegory of the Cave, where prisoners mistake shadows for reality until turned toward the Forms.
★Plato's Forms descend from Socrates' search for universal definitions, and Aristotle later rejects them by placing the form within the particular thing.
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