What is Plato’s Idealism and how is it different from commonsensical view of reality?
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Besides the only answer in this topic, it’s also described by Plato’s cave allegory – he says that humans sit inside the cave, with their back headed towards the entry, looking at the wall of the cave. Ideas are what happens outside of the cave – we do not see them, but by looking at the wall, we see their shadows.
Shadows are what we see every day, they’re not as good and detailed as their source, but they exist and we take them as reality. What we see and feel with our senses is just a mere copy of originals.
The cave serves more functions (and could be more detailed), but that is be enough for the answer.
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