Carry it Forward: Sophie's World

With so many philosophical ideas being tossed around in Sophie's World it is hard to choose one to focus on. The one I decided to focus on is Plato's World of Ideas. The concept behind this is that everything in nature "flows". Meaning that a human looks like a human because there was the idea of a human. By ideas Plato means "a limited number of forms 'behind' everything we see around us" (Gaarder 86). These "ideas" are what makes the world "eternal and immutable" (83). This was very important to Plato because this was exactly what he was looking for, the things that connects everything.

Although it may not be 100% scientifically correct, that a horse looks the way it does because of the "idea" of a horse, this thought had a great influence unto other great thoughts. I think it could be agreed that this theory of Plato's, could be the basis for the DNA research and the whole genetic process. I think that Plato's thought is, in essence, the summary of DNA and why the child looks like a human and not like a plant.

This kind of thinking is also very influential. Noticing something as simple as, a child of being of the same species as the parent, and then turning that into a very intelligent thought, is something that I consider to be quite inspire. This type of thinking does not seam that difficult yet it has made all the difference on the world. Taking a simple idea and turning into a not so simple theory is something that I will carry forward in life, spronk.