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jjjetplane · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Socrates explained the concept moving from away from particular bodies (shadows) and toward a universal idea of beauty (the sun) by using Diotima's idea of ________.

A. the ladder of love
B. eros and agape
C. the Platonic ideal
D. dialectical philosophy

Question 2

Forms were the cornerstone of Plato's metaphysics and epistemology. He used this word to mean ________.

A. the genetic template for all living things.
B. tangible, physical reality
C. examples or instances in the physical world of ideal archetypes
D. the ideal archetypes or essences of all existing things.