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Greek Philosophy- Brief description/outline page 1 - The most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise, the pursuit of truth. Socrates wrote nothing, so we are dependent upon his students (especially Plato) for any detailed knowledge of his methods and results. The trouble is that Plato was himself a philosopher who often injected his own theories into the dialogues he presented to the world as discussions between Socrates and other famous figures of the day. Nevertheless, it is usually assumed that at least the early dialogues of Plato provide a fairly accurate representation of Socrates himself. - The theory basically is the existence of a level of reality or "world" inhabited by the ideal or typical forms of all things and concepts. so a form exists, for objects like tables and rocks and for concepts, such as beauty and justice. Plato...

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