Plato considers and believes that ultimate happiness is to come into union with the forms, the eternal, or the beautiful and good, in this life. Happiness, for Plato, would be getting to know the forms, the eternal, or the beautiful and good in this life. The forms are perfect ideals that exist in an unchanging heaven, which is not dependent on us. Although, as a young man, Plato drew upon Socrates' approach to philosophy as …showed first 75 words of 477 total…

…showed last 75 words of 477 total…I can learn I will and apply it in my life by using a more logical approach and by viewing situations, whether they may be opportunities or obstacles, with a more open mind, concurring with any persons beliefs. After all, that is what I think philosophers have to, and will have to believe, and that is to learn to take in what others say or do while applying your own point and living with it.