Plato's Allegory of the Cave

The allegory of the cave in Plato's Republic. @PhiloofAlexandria

[superstitiousfishes]

the content on this channel is what the earth needs in this hour. Dr. Bonevac needs to be shared far and wide. i'm doing my part.

[voidofmisery]

I wake up every day, and watch one of your videos. Thank you for what you do! Love it

[bimsherwood]

Loving these lectures, keep them coming!

[samdessino]

I just had made reference to allegory of the cave after reading chapter X for my history of modern art class. I really love to see this video posted your YouTube teaching is amazing please keep it up!

[AnshumanSahooLaw]

This is the type of content that the world needs!

[shamanicrevolution]

This is gold, literally breaking out the popcorn. Plato's man cave lol!

[tonybklyn]

Thank you professor. I truly enjoyed your presentation of this famous allegory.

[WooKie]

I can listen to you all day! Thank you sir ! <3

[sislertx]

When taught this in high school the teacher could not understand a flipping bit of it...and i never went back to look into till now..70 plus years

[tomollie]

Thank you so much Dan! Do you have a video on the chariot allegory yet?!

[danielwarton]

Ivan definitely see the influence of Plato on Augustine.

[deusvult]

Brilliant exposition. Only two powers are missing: the intellectus and grace. Dr Bonevac might have gone into the crucial distinction between the intellectus and the ratio, or the nous and dianoia. The intellectus is what he calls the eye of the mind or heart, dormant in most humans but emanating from their spiritual nature of humanity made in the image of God, to use Christian metaphors. It is awakened by the intellect opening itself to Divine grace, which enables it to break the chains of some of the prisoners and turn round to begin to see the truth behind the shadows. Plato is in fact silent about how exactly these break loose and start the conversio, , or who drags them uphill when they feel reluctant to climb out. And Kudos to Bonevac for humbly admitting he does not know how we apprehend the forms, echoing Plato. But we must admit that Plato’s written works are not the whole story of his philosophy, which he practiced as a way of life, a mystical discipline that gave him a direct and experiential enlightenment that is reflected in his written corpus. The Spirit bloweth where it listeth !

[alacrity]

Would the theory of forms be directly related to how the doctrine of the Logos is perceived? That the Forms are the Logos and the Logos being the mind of God?

[mattcat]

It might be a good idea to release new videos just before your intended audience gets off work or finished classes for the day. Releasing new videos at night after they've already gone to bed may not be the best time. That said, as a grad student, I'm typically awake around this time :)

[Kinging]

reading republic gave a different impression to me, the purpose of this section appears to consolidate the fact that how people will perceive the unknown and will not trust the reality even if they are informed. Anyway, you know better.