Realm Of Ideas

Are you interested in philosophy? Philosophy is a completely different discipline that takes people on a journey between realms, seeks the meaning of existence, and tries to solve the secret of matter. Some reject philosophy completely, while others know how valuable philosophy is to add meaning to life. If you are one of those who think that philosophy adds meaning to your life, you can continue reading!

The great philosopher, according to some, the father of philosophy, Plato lived in the 4th century BC and left a great mark in the history of humanity. The British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said about Plato, who has made a name for himself for more than 2,000 years in the history of world thought, "The most reliable definition that can be made about the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes belonging to Plato." The concepts put forward by Plato still continue to be up-to-date today. How about some mental gymnastics on one of these concepts, the Realm of Ideas?

Plato believed that the world we live in is only a pale reflection of a better world. According to Plato, the reality of realities takes place in the realm of ideas, and this realm of ideas reflects the realm of nature. The reality of objects is also the reflection of the realm of ideas, and therefore the reality of objects in the realm of nature is the reflection of the realm of ideas. The Realm of Ideas is also important because it relates to other concepts such as forms and ideals: when you think about something like a chair or a tree, what you are actually doing is thinking about its form. A chair, for example, is a chair because it has certain characteristics: it has four legs, sits flat on the floor, and has back support for your back. The same is true for trees; They are tall and have leaves. All these are reflections of "perfect" forms in the realm of ideas. Plato believed that ideas about matter always existed in their realm of ideas, which he thought were immutable and universal truths about reality that anyone could see once they had learned enough from teachers or books.

We know it's a short but exhausting explanation! Let's take it a little further. What do you think the perfect forms in the realm of ideas looked like? For example, what would the perfect form of a chair, a toy look like? What material was it made of? We have an idea: everything in the realm of ideas was made of plastic! Think about it; With its flexibility, durability, being easily shaped, cheap and perfectly compatible with all kinds of materials, plastic would probably be indispensable for the realm of ideas, as it is indispensable for a material to be in its most perfect form! Let's exaggerate a little more; maybe if Plato knew about the existence of plastic, he wouldn't even need to come up with such a concept! Of course, this is a joke, but if we think about the area and perfect form of plastic in our lives, it is impossible not to think that the realm of ideas might be different!