'No similar threads found'; odd.

Anyway, I'm reading Plato at the moment. I wondered what people think of the theory of Forms.

In case you don't know, Plato's theory is that this world is an imperfect illusion, a shadow cast by the light of a greater place: the world of Forms. Forms are perfect objects; they can be mathematical objects such as spheres or fractals, or concepts such as red, and the world they inhabit is spaceless and timeless. When we see a sphere in real life, we do not truly see a sphere: we see an approximation to it (it will have little dents and so on). However, we recognise it as a sphere because it causes us to remember what we experienced in the world of Forms, which we were supposed to develop a kind of amnesia about as children.

Any thoughts, deep or glancing?