Philosopher-kings/Guardians Plato’s ideal rulers are philosopher-kings Not only are they the most wise, but they are also virtuous and selfless To combat corruption, Plato’s Socrates suggests that the rulers would live simply and communally

So Plato is a realist about Platonic Forms Mathematical realists believe numbers do in fact exist Plato’s view stands in contrast to Aristotle’s view — which while also realist with respect to forms does not think the forms exist as ideasDey 5, 1395 AP

Plato can be called an idealist because of his ‘theory of the forms’, better translated as ‘thought forms’ or ‘ideas Plato’s Symposium dialogue discusses lower forms of love and beauty, and ascends from physical copies of noetic, more pure beauty to ‘The Good and the Beautiful’ itself

Idealism is the metaphysical view that associates reality to ideas in the mind rather than to material objects It lays emphasis on the mental or spiritual components of experience, and renounces the notion of material existence

The definition of idealism is believing in or pursuing some perfect vision or belief An example of idealism is the belief of people who think they can save the world noun

Materialism is the belief that nothing exists apart from the material world (ie physical matter like the brain); materialist psychologists generally agree that consciousness (the mind) is the function of the brain

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Verb ▲ (of a game or contest) Opposite of to have failed to win won prevailed

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