Some accredit Plato with the invention of philosophy, while A. ... This contrasts with Plato's initial postulation of a Demiurge. ... "8 Also Plato cautiously considers the problem of evil in outlining God. ... Plato used this argument as the basis for his doctrine on the Forms. ... 'The Forms could never be encountered in this world, since they are permanent and unchangeable concepts- justice, truth, beauty and goodness- of which Plato believed we have instinctive appreciation, even if we have never known a perfect example of them.'13 Objects within the physical world are ...

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As Plato once said "philosophy begins in wonder". ... If someone tried to define "justice" by using a series of just actions, he would not accept it. He wanted an individual to explore what the list of words had in common, aside from pertaining to justice. Even Socrates had trouble grasping a definitive answer, which led him to "what is justice?" ... Where Socrates asked "what is justice" or "what is beauty", Plato might consider "why is this action just", or "why is that mountain beautiful". ...

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Philosophers, for example Plato, were believers in Physis. ... There is no such thing as one truth, one justice, and one standard of beauty. ... Justice, for example, may mean one thing to one group of people, while it may mean something entirely different to another group of people. ... Plato agrees with Parmenides in many ways. ... In this sense, Plato is too a rationalist (122). ...

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