Showing posts with label Forms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forms. Show all posts

Friday, October 8, 2021

Plato's dream--my poem from Remnants of the Spirit World

Another poem from my collection--Remnants of the Spirit World (Remnants of the Spirit World: De Angelis, Paula Mary: 9781495376450: Amazon.com: Books). I remember when I first studied the philosophy of Plato in college--I found his theory of the forms both difficult and fascinating. The Forms are described as the most pure (perfect) of all things; they exist outside of mortal time. Somewhat like heaven? Plato held that true knowledge/intelligence was the ability to understand the world of Forms with one's mind, which was controversial because it is not possible to understand perfection using an imperfect mind. 


Plato’s dream                  copyright Paula Mary De Angelis 


Being born

From nothing

Taking form

Now something


Outside space and time

Perfection of the Forms

Acquiring a body

Changes rules and norms


Seeking back to birth

Time before in space

Seeking back to earth

Before the fall from grace


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