The best explanation that I've watched about Plato's divided line! I was racking my brain for several hours about this and finally gave up and searched for some video explanation. I saw some other videos about this but unlike you, they don't really expound it.
Plato's Theory Of Knowledge: The Analogy of the Divided Line Knowledge of beauty is not to have seen something beautiful, but to have seen the form of beauty itself. The division between the world of particulars and the world of forms. Belief: Smaller portion, lesser clairty Knowledge: Bigger portion, high clarity According to Plato, Knowledge is recollection. The soul has innate knowledge of the forms, the soul remembering what it already knows unconsciously. Empiricism Vs Idealism 4. Lowest: Belief, illusions, arts, imitations, opinions (Changeable) shadows of shadows, they imitate what already are imitations. 3. Copies of the forms 2. Lower Forms: Shapes and Numbers. Numerical forms are already present in the mind. Learned through understanding. Analytical. 1. Higher Forms: The Essences (Apriori) Objects of knowledge, true Knowledge. Learned through reason. Wisdom & Reason
Philosophy is confusing! I mean, how does one equate knowledge to perception? (says a student who's stuck on an assignment about 'Plato's argument about knowledge') Great content!
The best explanation that I've watched about Plato's divided line! I was racking my brain for several hours about this and finally gave up and searched for some video explanation. I saw some other videos about this but unlike you, they don't really expound it.
Philosophy at its finest. 👍
this was the video which really helped me to understand the material. Huge thanks
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Plato's Theory Of Knowledge: The Analogy of the Divided Line
Knowledge of beauty is not to have seen something beautiful, but to have seen the form of beauty itself.
The division between the world of particulars and the world of forms.
Belief: Smaller portion, lesser clairty
Knowledge: Bigger portion, high clarity
According to Plato, Knowledge is recollection. The soul has innate knowledge of the forms, the soul remembering what it already knows unconsciously.
Empiricism Vs Idealism
4. Lowest: Belief, illusions, arts, imitations, opinions (Changeable) shadows of shadows, they imitate what already are imitations.
3. Copies of the forms
2. Lower Forms: Shapes and Numbers. Numerical forms are already present in the mind. Learned through understanding. Analytical.
1. Higher Forms: The Essences (Apriori) Objects of knowledge, true Knowledge. Learned through reason. Wisdom & Reason
Philosophy is confusing! I mean, how does one equate knowledge to perception? (says a student who's stuck on an assignment about 'Plato's argument about knowledge')
Great content!
perception is a particular kind of knowledge
congrats for 1k subs:) cool vid
Thanks! :)
Is divided line theory and theory of forms different things ? I am confused
I think the Divided line theory is like a further/supplementary explanation for the theory of forms
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