
HoP 132 - Eye of the Beholder - Theories of Vision
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Plato's Theory of Eyesight
Plato proposed a theory of eyesight in his dialogue, Tymius. According to Plato, philosophy itself would never come about if we could not see. He also tries to explain why mirror images are reversed and why curved mirrors yield different kinds of reflections. We find a later extra-missionist theory in one of Plato's biggest fans, Dr Galen.
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