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Socrates Denies That Vision Can Give Us Knowledge of the Forms

Socrates denies that vision can give us knowledge of the forms. But many of the ways that he describes the forms use the language of vision. Socrates is always using these metaphors of vision as analogies for true knowledge. He was basking in the glory and also sunbathing at the same time.

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