LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Analogy of the Cave
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Analogy of the Line
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Analogy of the Spirit
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Analogy of the Cavern
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Detailed explanation-1: -The four analogies include the ship, the sun, the divided line, and the cave.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the allegory “The Cave", Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them and give names to these shadows.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition: This is an analogy that Plato uses to distinguish among different forms of knowledge and truth. Plato’s basic division is between what is visible and what is intelligible (i.e., knowable, but not seen), with the visible portion smaller than the intelligible portion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Segment AB represents images, BC represents objects, CD represents mathematical objects, and DE represents the forms. The divisions of the line suggest that the forms are the most comprehensive and have the most explanatory power, even if they are the hardest to access.
Detailed explanation-5: -Corresponding to these four levels are four states of mind, beginning from the highest: knowledge (noesis), thought (dianoia), confidence (pistis), conjecture (eikasia).