So technically, with it being past 12 am on Friday and all that, here is the post continuing on the topic of “the good”
You may, or may not, know of the theory of Forms. The theory of forms posits that every tangible object has its root in an intelligible, non-physical form. In similar terms, everything has an IDEAL FORM of which it is representative. The example commonly given is that of a circle. In reality, or at least what we call reality, there never exists a perfect circle. It is not possible for there to exist a perfect circle. However, the theory of forms tells us that in the realm of logic, the reality of pure reason, there exists a perfect circle and that all circles which exist in the material reality (our reality) are reminiscent of that circle form. This is applicable to all things that exist, that have existed and that will exist.
Now Plato, the man who first formally introduced the theory of Forms also said there is a hierarchy to the forms. According to Plato, the form of the Good is the highest of all the forms. If one can ever know the form of the Good, that person can know all the other Forms without trouble. A term that Plato associates with the From are divine, so in a sense, you could take that to mean that the forms exist in a plane of spirituality, the same plane in which a divine being (God) would exist. Plato thinks that all knowledge that can be known, can only be known through the form of the Good. An illustration to simplify the concept: We see things only because of light, without light, our sense of vision would be quite ineffective. Light shines on the things around us, the things then reflect light and we process that reflection. In the same way, the form of the Good illuminates all things that are knowable, and we can only know knowable thing because of the form of the Good.
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