platonic forms
Platonic forms, also known as Ideas or Forms, refer to metaphysical concepts proposed by the philosopher Plato. These forms exist outside the physical world and are perfect, eternal, and immutable representations of universal concepts or qualities, such as beauty, justice, or truth. They are considered to be the true essence or reality behind the imperfect and changing physical objects and events that we perceive in the material world.
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