Thread 24529110

Plato argued that our senses are unreliable and can only provide us with information about the material world, which is always in flux. The Forms, however, belong to a different, non-material realm that can only be understood through intellectual insight or reason, not sensory experience.

>>24529110 (OP)
nigga, read up on the cave allegory

>>24529110 (OP)
Because that strips things of individuality, and individualization/individuation is one of the main purposes of our existence

>>24529153
Wrong, Its not about individuality anymore

>>24529110 (OP)
lets just assume plato was an evil guy... blinding your eyes for some false ideas to make you less interested about the good material life...

>>24529153
I would say individuality is more of an instrument to the purpose of our existence rather than the purpose itself. I can see how looking at it from the point of origin it is clear that things tend towards individuality and it is understandable that that could be seen as the point itself, but it seems more likely, for reasons I don't think I am able to explain, that the primary purpose is self-recognition or self-understanding for which individuality is a necessary precondition.