Abstract
The study examines the creative process using the logical and methodological analysis of Plato’s concepts. It presents the modern scientific research related directly or indirectly to his philosophical views (the structural analogy method, the theory of archetypes and fractals and many others). A number of modern studies and concepts, such as the theory of fractals, evolutionary epistemology, the concept of autopoiesis, and others, confirm Plato’s views on the structure of the world and creativity. For this reason, the authors define creativity as the activity of a rational and social subject to produce a qualitatively new thing based on universal patterns of the fractal and archetype nature in accordance with the ideal. This activity needs in creativeness which is the state of love as a creative force arising from social interaction as a desire to create and expand space for life, connecting space inside the subject of creativity and outside it, creating a resonance between the creative self and other persons.
Highlights
It is hard to overestimate the influence of the philosophical ideas of Plato, who was the first “systemic” Western philosopher, on the Western philosophy and culture
This allows us to create a model of creativity based on these data and in accordance with his concepts, as the activity of a rational, social subject for the production of a qualitatively new thing based on universal patterns of a fractal nature in accordance with the ideal, which is present in the form of an archetype at the level of the psyche
What is the difference between an ideal and an idea understood in its Platonic sense? Plato provides a basis for understanding creativity as a form of movement aimed at achieving the highest form of perfection – an idea that turns into an ideal in its teleological interpretation
Summary
It is hard to overestimate the influence of the philosophical ideas of Plato, who was the first “systemic” Western philosopher, on the Western philosophy and culture. We consider the theory of synchrony and archetypes by Carl Jung, the concept of fractals, the idea of “ritual repetition” of integral traditionalism, the method of structural analogy as modified forms of Plato’s theory about the embodiment of ideas (eidos) This made it possible to find confirmation of the Platonic understanding of creativity by the data of modern research. Our research shows that scientific data from various fields are largely consistent with Plato’s ideas about the structure of the world This allows us to create a model of creativity based on these data and in accordance with his concepts, as the activity of a rational, social subject for the production of a qualitatively new thing based on universal patterns of a fractal nature in accordance with the ideal, which is present in the form of an archetype at the level of the psyche
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