Plato’s Forms The theory of Forms may be understood best in terms of mathematical entities. This Theory was his way of explaining how the same universal term can refer to so many particular things or events. An individual is human to the extent that they resemble or participate. In the Form "humanness" if "humanness" is defined in terms of being a rational animal and human being to the extent that he or she is …showed first 75 words of 2481 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2481 total…people may not realize it, they are searching for final causes, or Forms. It is easy to understand why and how the Forms are the ultimate objects of human striving. Since they are unchanging and pure, the Forms provide a type of satisfaction that is unavailable from any other source. Not only are we unable to completely possess them, which fires our desire, but also they endure, unlike lesser things that ultimately fall into nonbeing.