plato claimed that reality is the eternal realm of the forms.
who claimed that reality is the eternal realm of the forms?
plato
the second fatal defect of the "republic" was plato's conception of knowledge and intelligence. this was an important topic because the kallipolis was to be governed by the philosopher-ruler's intelligence and knowledge. the "republic" had emphatically demarcated knowledge (or wisdom) from opinion (or conjecture). although this demarcation sounds commonplace, it is based on plato's metaphysical demarcation between the eternal realm of forms and the temporal realm of phenomena. knowledge is infallible; opinion is fallible. the scope of knowledge is restricted to the domain of eternal forms or platonic ideas because only they are truly intelligible. one can become a philosopher by gaining the knowledge of eternal forms. but the temporal phenomena can never be the objects of knowledge because they are ever mutable and unintelligible. they can be only the objects of opinion or fallible conjecture even for philosophers. but the knowledge of forms is insufficient for governing the kallipolis. because it is situated in the phenomenal world, its proper government requires the knowledge of phenomena. since the philosopher-rulers have no knowledge of phenomena, they have to govern by their opinion. this surely undermines plato's ideal of government by knowledge and wisdom.
t. k. seung
acharyas of gaudiya vaishnavaism explains it to be limitless. both vaikuntha and goloka are considered to be "nitya dhama" (eternal realm of existence) which are not prone to annihilation even after the whole cosmic dissolution. lord krishna in his two-armed form eternally reside in the realm of goloka and in his four-armed form, as lord vishnu he eternally resides in the realm of vaikuntha loka. 





























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goloka