The Divided Line analogy of Plato’s Republic presents in a few lines perhaps the single greatest discussion of human epistemology among all philosophical works. More than 2000 years later, we are still far short of realizing its full implications.
The passages identifies an essential distinction between discursive reasoning, dianoia, and a superior form of knowledge, noesis.
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