| Popis: |
In the Republic two odd passages, one in Book 7 and the other in Book 10, invite us to think about self-perception and its paradoxes. The situation of the prisoner in the cave, whose view of himself is limited to his own shadow, is paralleled by the ‘amazing sophist’ of Republic 10, who holds up a mirror and makes everything, including himself. Here it is suggested that Plato emphasizes the paradoxical nature of both. As a consequence, these passages allow us to rethink how Plato conceives perception as a model for knowledge, and how he thinks that self-perception may be understood as a model for self-knowledge. It is suggested that we might understand Platonic knowledge as ‘stereoscopy’, with internalist conditions. |
