Plato was indeed mindfucked by language- thinking words were "conceptual forms"
Also this was a yes or no question : do you believe that for Plato, "words are forms" and that they exist elsewhere in a "real of forms"?
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The world of objects "imitates" the forms for Plato. Words, when poetic, imitate objects- he is against this, & points to the "purer" realm
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>it doesn't >they don't and this isn't why he's against poetry >he's not and he doesn't Wikipedia will not help you on this one, seems like you're gonna have to actually engage with the text.
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Im not in the mood. You wanted to tell me something- it was nothing.
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While you're not in the mood, why not use that time away from twitter, to actually read some Plato? It seems like your second-hand knowledge failed you this time.
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Why don't you actually read McLuhan? I've read Plato. Aristophanes, Homer, Virgil, Ovid etc stick with me more.
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You haven't read any of those, and if you did, you dragged your eyes across the pages like a ruminant across the grass.
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