PHILOSOPHY SERIES 1: Foundations of Western Thought

EPISODE 004: Plato: The Shape of Reality

After the death of Socrates in 399 BC, Plato steps out from his teacher’s shadow and tackles his first major contribution to Western philosophy: What is Truth?

Major Ideas:

• Plato’s Search for Truth

• “Theory of Forms”

• “Allegory of the Cave”

• “The Form of the Good”

• Plato’s “Divided Line”

• Plato’s (and Socrates’) “Theory of Recollection” 

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