Tag Archives: Plato

The Moment of Convergence

Posted on May 27, 2026 by PlatoHagel

And Socrates offers this, quietly, as the final word of this movement: The four qualities — necessity, intimacy, vertigo, permeability — do not arrive in sequence. They arrive together, or not at all. Which means the moment of convergence cannot … Continue reading →

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Periagoge

Posted on May 27, 2026 by PlatoHagel

And Socrates leaves this, simply, without elaboration: The Dialogue can remove obstacles. Create stillness. Model the posture. Wait. But the turning itself — the single arc of genuine reorientation — happens in a silence the Dialogue did not fill. And … Continue reading →

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Socrates and Plato on the Modern Allegory of the Cave

Posted on May 16, 2026 by PlatoHagel

SOCRATES: A remarkable document has been placed before us, Plato — and I confess, reading it produces in me a peculiar sensation. It is like encountering a mirror that one did not know was a mirror. Tell me, do you … Continue reading →

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Modern Allegory of the Cave

Posted on May 16, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The power of the allegory is that it is not bound to one age. The cave changes form, but the structure remains: human beings mistaking shadows for reality, resisting painful illumination, and often distrusting those who return with wider sight. … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Dialogue as a Philosophical Method

Posted on April 22, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Interlocutor: Plato did not present his works as finished doctrines but as dialogues because he sought to do something distinct from merely transmitting conclusions. First, he aimed to preserve the method of inquiry itself. In the figure of Socrates, he … Continue reading →

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Plato and Socrates

Posted on April 22, 2026 by PlatoHagel

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Anamnesis as Knowledge (Book of the Soul)

Posted on March 23, 2026 by PlatoHagel

In Plato’s theory of epistemology, anamnesis (/ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/; Ancient Greek: ἀνάμνησις, meaning “memory“) refers to the recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth. The concept posits the claim that learning involves the act of rediscovering knowledge from within oneself. This stands … Continue reading →

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Charter of Civic Examination

Posted on March 8, 2026 by PlatoHagel

1. Preamble — the purpose of civic examination 2. Civic Axiom — the principle of the cycle 3. Charter — the commitments guiding civic conduct 4. Practice Formula — the operational cycle 5. Oath — the personal pledge that embodies … Continue reading →

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Dialogue on Wholeness, Shadow, and the Nation

Posted on February 26, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: Plato, I see your mind burdened. What weighs upon your soul? Plato: I witness cruelty—acts by individuals, and the structures of a nation that permit them. I see victims who must reintegrate themselves, yet the society that surrounds them … Continue reading →

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Plato at the Googleplex

Posted on February 1, 2017 by PlatoHagel

Rebecca Goldstein: “Plato at the Googleplex” | Talks at Google Dialogos of Eide

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