Theōria and the Disappearance of Form

I. Faculty and Object

What follows is a reflection on theōria (contemplation) and the reality of form. In more general terms, I want to think through the relation between a perceptual faculty and its proper objects, and what happens when a culture comes to deny the reality of those objects. I offer these reflections as a speculation about how perception and philosophical formation may be more deeply entangled than we often assume, especially today.