Plato's Cosmology

The Universe

The forms and the realm of forms

The sensible realm

Only God

True

False

They were pre-existent.

The demiurge created them from pre-existent matter.

The divine creator created them ex-nihilo.

None of these are correct.

The universe is a living being and all living beings have a soul.

The universe doesn't have a soul.

The universe doesn't have a soul, but the planets do.

None of these

Circles

Matter

Triangles

Water

Because they are modeled after a form.

Because they are individuals.

Because they were fashioned that way by the demiurge.

None of these are correct.

They were made from different material.

They were made from material that already had sin in it.

They were made from the same material, but it was of lesser quality.

The human soul was fashioned from waste leftover from the creation of the universe.

good

neutral

a prison for the soul