Book V, 475e-480a
Distinction between knowledge (of Forms) and opinion (of sensibles); the lovers of sights and sounds vs. philosophers.
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From The Republic by Plato
Plato distinguishes the changing world of becoming from the unchanging intelligible Forms, culminating in the Form of the Good as the highest object of knowledge.
Book VI, 507b-509c
Analogy of the Sun: the Form of the Good as cause of being and intelligibility.
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Divided Line distinguishing imagination, belief, thought, and understanding.
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