The Fundamental Reality
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Throughout time, man has taken for granted, that his reality and things that have appeared true, are real. At one point man has ventured to challenge those things asking, what is reality? What is real? What is truth or something that is true? We can first try to define reality by the following: Re-al-ity n 1:The quality or fact of being real. We then ask ourselves, what is a fact? Fact n 1: A thing that has actually happened or is really true. Well then what is truth? Truth n 1: An established fact. It appears that we are contradicted with a boundless cycle of definitions, making it difficult to obtain a legitimate definition. Therefore, I will attempt to define the fundamental reality by criticizing some ideologies and supporting others. These ideologies include some of the two most disputed and upheld theories of; Plato’s theory of perfect forms and Aristotle’s theory of substance. At the base of the tremendous philosophical contribution that Plato made to Western thought, was his theory about the "Perfect Forms". To Plato's way of thinking, the "reality" that we see directly around us is merely a shadowy reflection of a "higher reality;” one
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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