Open AccessἈνα τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον
Author(s) -
Bernard Suzanne
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
plato journal/plato
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2183-4105
pISSN - 2079-7567
DOI - 10.14195/2183-4105_23_6
Subject(s) - analogy , allegory , reading (process) , philosophy , expression (computer science) , cave , line (geometry) , epistemology , linguistics , literature , mathematics , art , history , computer science , programming language , archaeology , geometry
Answering articles by Smith (PJ 18) and Matoso (PJ 22) about the Divided Line, I argue that the problems Smith raised and Matoso pretended to solve don’t exist in a proper reading of the analogy and the ensuing allegory of the cave in light of one another and stem from a misunderstanding of the expression ἀνα τὸν αὺτον λόγον at Rep. VI, 509d7: the λόγος to be used to split both segments is not the one used to split the line in the first place, and it is not a numerical ratio, but a logical rationale.