Question for Philosophical Anthropologists about Aristocles (PLATO) of Athens?

Question

1) Is true that Plato believed that the world of forms (eidos) is possibly real? Can Utopia really exist?
2) Did Plato believe that the soul is eternal not immortal? Is the soul and body accidentally combined?
3)Is the immaterial world more perfect than that of the material world?
4) What is your interpretation on the lesson and the concept of Plato in the Allegory of the Cave? Did he see the free man as Socrates of Athens?

All of these Questions will be answered in Plato's perspective and your opinionated perspective. Try not to be rude in answering this.

Answer 1

1) yes and no, but he saw the way and hoped.
2) soul eternal, no accident - made up of reason, desire & will
3) immaterial much better
4) i think he saw Socrates as the free man.
to be a free thinker, one must have an open mind and be willing to question. and live a...
a) unique way of life, not religious or political
b) shared pursuit of the truth
c) self-knowledge (esp. of the individual soul)
d) knowledge of the truth (clearly stated & proven)
e) the precondition of a-d
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Answer 2

Plato believed that the forms were the ONLY real things.

The soul is eternal and has lived through many incarnations as well as the underworld

The realm of the forms IS perfection itself