Socrates argues that we can distinguish the bed made by a carpenter from
A) A bed painted by an artist.
B) The Form of Bed divinely produced by god.
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a nor b

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Socrates, in Plato's dialogue "The Republic," discusses the concept of Forms or Ideas, which are perfect and unchanging representations of objects in the physical world. He uses the example of a bed to illustrate this concept. According to Socrates, there are three kinds of beds: the physical bed made by a carpenter, the bed depicted by an artist (such as in a painting), and the Form of Bed, which is the perfect and immutable idea of a bed created by the gods. Therefore, Socrates argues that we can distinguish the bed made by a carpenter from both the bed painted by an artist and the Form of Bed divinely produced by god.

Socrates Argues That We Can Distinguish the Bed Made by a Carpenter