Introducing Plato (C)

(Originally written November 14, 2016 in Book 26)

Introducing Plato
Dave Robinson

All of Plato's theories stem from his epistemology. "Plato's theory of knowledge is really what made him famous, even though no one fully understands it and Plato himself eventually had grave reservations about it" (Robinson, 61).

2 Types of knowledge:
1) Empirical - derived from the senses. But this isn't good because the empirical world was a sort of illusion. It is empirically different for each observer. Thus, one can only have an opinion of the sensible world.