The World of Forms

I'd like to bring up and discuss Plato's opinion that the true objects that are represented by art and  other objects in 3-dimensional space-time (the couch). Plato holds that the true form of anything is latent in the world of forms. Platonic analysis stops at the idea that the true forms are perfect and eternal embodiements, fashioned by the gods. I believe this idea, if still held, would render our conceptions of ontological reality almost useless by the default argument that everything has a pefect form in the world of forms that was established long before human conceptions of the forms existed. This then supposes that reality itself would only begin to make logical sense if we had intimate knowledge and introspection in the complete world of forms.

I do believe that the likely reasons for this shortsighted theory was simply that the theories of creation at the time could not postulate a greater argument to bring the concepts of thoughts, ideas, and innovations into the real world. This primitive-mythological genisis conception of human origins places our evolutionary and innovative achievements in a realm that we cannot wholy perceive, yet is a not a surprising perspective considering the lacking of what use as modern theories of reality.

I think it is obvious to state that our innovations and ideas are, for the most part, collectively passed down to the next generation for them to use, assimilate, and add to in the way that society demands or our innate uniqueness bestows.