cave analogy Flashcards
1
Q
the cave
A
the world of the senses
2
Q
prisoners
A
people who believe ‘second-hand’
3
Q
images on the wall/shadows
A
illusion / eikasia
4
Q
the fire
A
the physical sun more generally what enables us to have sense experience
5
Q
the captors/shadow puppets
A
rulers/pseudo-philosophers/ sophists
6
Q
seeing the fire + captors / people on the road
A
belief / pistis
7
Q
outside the cave
A
the intelligible world / world of the forms / reality
8
Q
the prisoner who leaves the cave
A
the philosopher
9
Q
objects outside the cave
A
the Forms
10
Q
looking at reflections of objects outside the cave
A
reasoning / dianoia
11
Q
looking at objects outside the cave
A
intelligence / noesis
12
Q
the sun
A
the Form of the Good
