How to Read Plato

It’s a simple yet powerful thought: what we see might not be the same as what is, and in fact what we see has as much to do with what’s in front of us as our own nature as observers. Plato believed fervently that education and intellectual refinement were humankind’s highest virtue and redeemer. But it all begins with the ability to recognize your

For Plato, being able to turn your head and educate yourself on the real sources of your immediate experience is akin to learning about his Forms. (He was, ironically and unfortunately, rather