Sublime

Plato, through his character Socrates, uses the cave analogy to show that what we believe to be reality is simply a reflection of another, genuinely real world that exists beyond our normal senses. This higher perceptual world, which I call the Pleroma, is denied to most of us, as the British poet William Blake wrote, in an attempt to explain his o

And in this respect only I believe myself to differ from men in general, and may perhaps claim to be wiser than they are:—that whereas I know but little of the world below, I do not suppose that I know: but I do know that injustice and disobedience to a better, whether God or man, is evil and dishonourable, and I will never fear or avoid a possible

may perhaps be attained by man, for to that extent I am inclined to believe that I am wise; whereas the persons of whom I was speaking have a superhuman wisdom which I may fail to describe, because I have it not myself;

The Apology

Platon suggère que la vie politique, la vie de la pólis (« la cité »), concerne celle-ci d'une manière beaucoup plus englobante : elle est à l'œuvre non seulement dans les lieux officiels et leur pompe partisane, mais aussi dans ses rues, ses faubourgs, ses gymnases, ses places du marché et ses maisons particulières. Tels sont les lieux où Socrate,

for to the good poor man old age cannot be a light burden, nor can a bad rich man ever have peace with himself.