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Definition:
Platonism refers specifically to the philosophy espoused by Plato and generally to later
philosophies which are based on that. Plato was a Greek philosopher during the 4th
century BCE - a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.
Plato's method was the dialectic method as exemplified in the Socratic dialogues. Its main doctrine is that the objects of our thoughts (ideas, noumena) constitute the ultimate and eternal reality. The reality we physically perceive (phenomena) is but a shadow of that.
Plato's argument that the real world is the same as the world of ideas played a great role in the later development of western religion.
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