The forms/Analogy of the Cave Flashcards
1
Q
What was outside the cave?
A
Reality
2
Q
What was seeing the fire and the people on the road?
A
Belief
3
Q
Who/what was the prisoner dragged outside of the cave?
A
Philosopher
4
Q
Who were the prisoners/what were the prisoners?
A
People who believed 2nd hand (believed the shadows were reality) - shadows - images (Eikasia)
5
Q
What was the sun?
A
The form of the good
6
Q
What was the fire’s purpose?
A
Enable us to have sense experience
7
Q
What were the objects outside?
A
Intelligence (noesis)
8
Q
What was looking at reflections of outside objects?
A
Reasoning (dianoia)
