JOEY D.

CELESPARA

ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THEORIES

Partially agree with Plato’s epistemology.

It is true that most of Plato’s ideas sound like fantasy and much of his ideas are digged into his “theory of
forms” which might sound absurd. But I don’t think Plato’s theory of knowledge is completely wrong. That
anything we learn is what we’re recollecting it from our hidden, ultimate form.

Yes, the things we learn from natural science, is gained from this very world. It is not already known to us.
But on the other hand, human mind is also very complex. Its not just a machine that will keep filling data
inside of it.

For example, what comes on your mind when you think about peace? Exactly what peace means from
your perspective? A Dove? Yeah, because we’ve seen it on many posters. But, then again do you think
peace can be white? So much white? The white we never saw?

If human mind developed from a single, particular point of knowledge. I mean, the first ever thing it
learned, then what exactly it’d be? The substance or the essence? So, I do think there might be an
abstract world, and at the same time we can take our knowledge’s from material, real world. But can you
be satisfied from this material world’s knowledge? On the other hand if there is an abstract, unknown
world, then how much influence the world makes to you? Can you think of completely shutting down that
world?

I am not a philosopher myself, but I don’t think Plato is totally wrong. He is not perfect but not totally
flawed either. There are some unknown things we might enjoy. We don’t know what exactly these are.
And no matter how far the science or technology advances, its just remains unknown.