As Cornford points out, those things about which the young Socrates (and Plato) asserted "I have often been puzzled about these things" (in reference to Man, Fire and Water), appear as Forms in later works.
Seperti yang ditunjukkan oleh Cornford, hal-hal tentang Socrates muda (Plato) menegaskan, "saya sering bingung tentang hal-hal ini" (dalam referensi untuk Pria, Api, dan Air), muncul sebagai Bentuk dalam karya-karya selanjutnya.