Every chair you've ever sat in is a flawed copy, Plato argued

Plato argued that physical objects are imperfect copies of perfect, unchanging Forms that exist outside space and time, the Form of Chair, Triangle, or Justice is more real than any actual chair, triangle, or just act you'll ever encounter. What you can touch and see is only a shadow of what truly is, which is why he trusted reason over the senses to get closer to the truth.

— Plato, The Republic — Books VI-VII, c. 375 BC
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