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The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
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The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
What is actually shared by many things is not particular, is relatively unlimited, and thus is not material or sensible.
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2 is wrong. Please try again.
The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
Sharing themselves is that which is common to all ideas, so it is the the idea of ideas.
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3 is wrong. Please try again.
The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
The idea of ideas, because it shared by all ideas and the things they are shared in, is the idea of the good, which is the ultimate reality for Plato. See pp. 69-70.
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The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
An idea is that which different things of the same kind have in common, and which allows them to be called by the same name. The idea of ideas is thus that which is common to, or shared by, all ideas.
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The idea of ideas is NOT:
{ 1 } - sensible.
{ 2 } - sharing.
{ 3 } - the idea of the good.
{ 4 } - what is in common to all ideas.
{ 5 } - the ultimate reality for Plato.
The idea of ideas, because it shared by all ideas and the things they are shared in, is the idea of the good, which is the ultimate reality for Plato. See pp. 69-70.
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