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  2. Analogy of the divided line - Wikipedia

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    In The Republic (509d–510a), Socrates describes the divided line to Glaucon this way: . Now take a line which has been cut into two unequal parts, and divide each of them again in the same proportion, [1] and suppose the two main divisions to answer, one to the visible and the other to the intelligible, and then compare the subdivisions in respect of their clearness and want of clearness ...

  3. Platonic division - Wikipedia

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    The Analogy of the Divided Line, Plato's schematic representation of all possible metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics on four hierarchical levels in the Republic, Book 6; Plato's tripartite theory of soul, Plato's partitioned organization of the Soul as presented in the Phaedo and the Republic

  4. Allegory of the cave - Wikipedia

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    Plato's allegory of the cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, Albertina, Vienna. Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature".

  5. Platonic epistemology - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, Plato's epistemology is a theory of knowledge developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and his followers.. Platonic epistemology holds that knowledge of Platonic Ideas is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the midwife-like guidance of an interrogator.

  6. Stephanus pagination - Wikipedia

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    Volume 1, Page 142 of the 1578 Stephanus edition of Plato, showing the opening of Theaetetus. Stephanus pagination is a system of reference and organization used in modern editions and translations of Plato (and less famously, Plutarch [citation needed]) based on the three-volume 1578 edition [1] of Plato's complete works translated by Joannes Serranus (Jean de Serres) and published by ...

  7. Talk:Analogy of the divided line - Wikipedia

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    External Link (Psychology, Philosophy, and Plato's Divided Line) [ edit ] I previously added a link to this paper, which seems clearly relevant, and all-the-more helpful to users because it supplies (1) the complete text of the Divided Line (including the often-neglected section in Book 7 of the Republic), and (2) perhaps the most extensive ...

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  9. Sophist (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    The Sophist (Greek: Σοφιστής; Latin: Sophista [1]) is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define the sophist and describe his essential attributes and differentia vis a vis the philosopher and statesman.