Thinking; an introduction to its history and science . d this farther and imagined realpermanent natures of all other things, both abstractand concrete, such as straightness, equality, men,animals, etc. All the individuals of any one specieswere, so to speak, more or less perfect, though perish-able, copies or imitations of their genus or essentialnatures. For the purpose of explaining, we mightimagine the permanent nature of man to be a patternfrom which individual men were made, or, thatindividual men partook more or less of the perfectionof the pattern which existed in reality on its ownacc
Thinking; an introduction to its history and science . d this farther and imagined realpermanent natures of all other things, both abstractand concrete, such as straightness, equality, men,animals, etc. All the individuals of any one specieswere, so to speak, more or less perfect, though perish-able, copies or imitations of their genus or essentialnatures. For the purpose of explaining, we mightimagine the permanent nature of man to be a patternfrom which individual men were made, or, thatindividual men partook more or less of the perfectionof the pattern which existed in reality on its ownaccount. With Plato this general nature or patternwas not a mere thought, it existed whether we wen-aware of it or not, it could not be seen with the eyes,nor indeed grasped by any of the senses, it could onlybe understood. Each separate species had its owngeneral nature, which Plato called its Form or Idea;in those days the word idea did not mean a thoughtin the mind as it does with us. With a furtherextension he conceived all the different Forms to be. o THINKING 35 parts of one universal Form, the Supreme Mind orIntelligence—the Soul of the World. Fig. i may serveto make this clear. This Soul of the World, orUniversal Intelligence pervading the world, was thaipermanent truth which was the goal of philosophy, itwas the one in relation to the many. Since only what satisfies the intelligence can beregarded as real, and since only philosophers whopossess a high degree of intelligence can apprehendreality, so, in Platos opinion, ought the rulers ofcommunities to be philosophers, and so was he led towrite the Republic, a Utopia in which he outlinedthe training necessary to provide the State with suchrulers. He had a small house and garden a mile or so fromAthens, and near the Academy, or garden adjoiningthe sacred precincts of Hecademus. Here there wereshady walks, and a gymnasium, where he founded hisschool of philosophy, which for centuries was knownas the Academy, and it was her
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