Plato's psychology allowed for all but one of the following:
A) The human soul provides the formation of ideas in the intellect.
B) Bodily functions are base, negative, and unreliable.
C) The mind and body are parallel processes.
D) Reason and appetite, respectively, are rational and irrational functions of the soul.
E) Ideas are reducible directly to sensory input.

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Plato's psychology posits that ideas or forms are not reducible directly to sensory input but exist in a realm of their own, accessible to the intellect through reason, not the senses. This contrasts with the empirical view that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.

Plato's Psychology Allowed for All but One of the Following