Plato believed that true knowledge comes from rational thinking rather than the senses. He was influenced by his teacher Socrates' belief in absolute truth. According to Plato, there are perfect, unchanging forms of ideas in the world of ideas that our senses perceive imperfectly in the physical world.

1. By Anmol Metley, Kanika Simon, Joy Ortiz

2. Theory of Ideas The world of senses is what we perceive There are prefect forms in the world of ideas Senses are inexact Body was made of three parts: the head (reason, wisdom), chest (will, courage), abdomen (appetite, temperance)

3. Cannot have true knowledge of something in Constant Change Knowledge comes from Rational thinking Not the Senses

4. Plato was a student of Socrates Socrates believed in absolute truth Plato believed that true knowledge cannot be achieved if the subject is in a constant state of change

5. Plato was a rationalist Plato believed that ideas are available to us through thought, while phenomena are available to us through our senses Believed thought was superior to senses

6. Form- the prefect idea of something in our world Senses-What we perceive in the physical World Ideas-Formed through rational thought