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Republic VI: The Divided Line (509d–511e)

Plato, fourth century BCE

Description

The passage in which Plato organises cognition into four ascending grades — eikasia, pistis, dianoia, noesis — by an analogy of proportions.

Source

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.7.vi.html

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The Academy · May 27, 2026

Discussion

What does this material reveal? Where else does it lead?