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A 10 page paper which examines Plato and Aristotle's
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theories which Aristotle would later elaborate upon. One of the theories Aristotle elaborated upon was the theory of form. According to Plato all matter could be defined in this theory
of form which was highly mathematical and geometrical. Aristotle believed that such an approach only explained some of reality. In the following paper we examine the two. Theory
of Form Plato essentially dominated much of the Medieval world, in relationship to thought and philosophy, up until the thirteenth century. "For Plato the cosmos was constructed on geometrical principles.
He took over the four roots or elements of Empedocles: earth, water, air and fire"1 These applied to the forms that Plato considered to be involved in the tiers of
reality. As one author states, "The theory of Forms, or Ideas, is ascribed to Plato, ca. 417 - 327 B.C. It divides the world into two tiers, so to speak,
the tier of things and the tier of eternal, unchanging patterns, of which the things are copies"2 The items which are "copies" are considered to "participate" in the forms.
According to another author, "Plato produced his theory of forms, which stated essentially that there are in existence, concepts that are perfect, despite what we observe. Forms are beyond
this material world, for nothing that we can grasp in this world is perfect."3 These perfect items were merely forms which, in essence, imitated the higher tier and as we
alluded to earlier, these forms could be put into categories. the categories mentioned, that being the elements, were also broken down into geometrical shapes by Plato: "However, forms do play
an important role on this dynamic earth. We can apply the theory of forms to geometrical shapes - if I draw a sphere adhering to the definition of what a
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