The Divided Line (Diagram)

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APPEARANCE (phainomena) REALITY/BEING (ousia) Epistemology Ontology conjecture (eikasia) images (eikōni) physical objects images (eikōni) Forms (eidos) knowledge (epistēmē) thinking (dianoia) belief (pistis) ordo cognoscendi ordo essendi belief/opinion (doxa) understanding (noesis) intelligible realm (kosmos noetos) visible realm (kosmos aisthetos) The Divided Line (Plato, The Republic, 509d-5113)

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The Divided Line (Diagram)

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APPEARANCE

(phainomena)

REALITY/BEING (ousia) EpistemologyOntology

conjecture (eikasia)images (eikōni)

physical

objects

images (eikōni)

Forms (eidos)knowledge

(epistēmē)

thinking (dianoia)

belief (pistis)

ordo cognoscendiordo essendi

belief/opinion (doxa)

understanding (noesis)intelligible realm

(kosmos noetos)

visible realm

(kosmos aisthetos)

The Divided Line(Plato, The Republic, 509d-5113)