's philosophy
C-1017-9 is a concept featured in Plato's philosophy of Forms. It is the idea that certain quality of a thing is found in its highest form, or the ideal of that thing, rather than any particular instance of it. It is a way of thinking that things have a true essence, or form, that all existing versions of that thing are striving towards. The highest form of something, or the IDEAL form, is the ultimate expression of that thing, and all existing versions of that thing are incomplete representations of that ideal. The concept of C-1017-9 suggests that things could be perfected, or made perfect, and that striving for perfection is the goal of humans and the universe.