This document discusses Plato's views on ideal beauty, order, and inspiration. According to Plato, ideals with a capital 'I' like goodness, truth, and beauty are what is truly real and eternal. Lesser ideals with a small 'i' include geometric forms, ratios, and formulas. Beauty as an ideal is the abstract value that orders and structures all things. Plato believed true inspiration involves transmitting knowledge, while emotions transmitted without knowledge are a lesser form of mimesis. The document provides examples of ideals of beauty in art and examines Plato's psychological theories of the soul and virtue of temperance.