Theory of Mental Forms
Plato's theory of Forms or theory of Ideas asserts that non-material abstract (but substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change known to us through sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.When used in this sense, the word form is often capitalized.Plato says that these Forms are the only true objects of study that can provide us with genuine knowledge. [6] Plato spoke of Forms in formulating his solution to the problem of universals.
Plato
a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy.lato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his teacher's unjust death.