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This 6 page paper addresses the ideas of being and becoming as well as the concept of unity. Several philosophers are discussed in respect to the concepts, but Aristotle is highlighted. Mentioned are Plato, Nietzsche, Descartes, and Mill. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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puzzling. This theme is sometimes thought to be equated with a distinction between appearance and reality. In other words, what is an illusion and what is real? A magician can
make anything appear to be real but he is really working with illusion. Yet, what is real and what is illusion is never clear. Nietzsche points out that the appearance
versus reality debate has moral undertones and this is also how it is perceived historically (Honderich, 1995). The concepts of form and matter are also significant in respect to both
Plato and Aristotles ideas on metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). And while to some extent, Plato and Aristotle agreed on certain things, they had completely different takes in terms of the subject
of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. Platos cave allegory helps to understand the dual
nature of the world that he embraced. The cave allegory is quite famous and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosophy. In the allegory, humans are born and
live in a cave, but they are chained and shackled. They can see light only in the distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form.
It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans only having a slight knowledge of reality, one can take Platos form theory a
step further. People are born in ignorance but the body of knowledge that exists is there for the taking. Many humans understand this deep down, but on the surface
they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they cannot remember the eternal truths. They can only draw on some knowledge
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