Full Idea
Plato lost the real fruit of his opinion, by considering forms as absolutely abstracted from matter, and not confined and determined by matter.
Gist of Idea
Plato mistakenly thought forms were totally abstracted away from matter
Source
comment on Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE]) by Francis Bacon - The Advancement of Learning II.VII.5
Book Reference
Bacon,Francis: 'Advancement of Learning/New Atlantis' [OUP 1966], p.110
A Reaction
This thought is roughly what got me interested in abstraction, on which you will find many ideas in this database. Research into Bacon's thought is hampered by that fact that the logicians have hijacked abstraction in recent philosophy.