...fire is the sun, the ascent and vision of the things above you may truly regard as the upward progress of the soul into the intellectual world according...have expressed — whether rightly or wrongly God only knows. But, whether true or false, my opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good...

...the Republic does he even mention the Idea of the Good.6 It is his opinion, whether true or false, that in the world of knowledge the Idea of Good appears last of all and is beheld with an effort; when it is beheld, it is inferred to be the cause of all things good and beautiful;...

...previous argument ; the prison-house is the world of sight, the light of the fire is the sun, and you will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upwards...true or false, my opinion is that in the world of J* knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort ; and, when seen,...

...previous argument; the prison-house is the world of sight, the light of the fire is the sun, and you will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upwards...according to my poor belief, which, at your desire, I have expressed—whether rightly or wrongly God knows. But, true or false, my opinion is that in the world...

...upward progress of the soul from darkness to light." Plato says : Whether I am right or not Ood only knows ; but whether true or false, my opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of ijood appears last of all, and i» seen only with an effort, and when seen is also inferred to be the...

...poor belief, to which, at your desire, I have given expression. Whether I am right or not God only knows ; but, whether true or false, my opinion is...in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears hist of all, and is seen only with an effort ; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal...

...previous argument ; the prisonhouse is the world of sight, the light of the fire is the snn, and yon will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upwards to be the ascent of the sonl into the intellectual world according to my poor belief, which, at your desire, I have expressed...

...think of ascending; and so on. 'And you will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upward to be the ascent of the soul into the intellectual...expressed, whether rightly or wrongly, God knows.' Plato then proceeds to apply this to the relation between the world of ideas, illuminated by the Idea...

...hundred years before Christ, remember — he says, " The prison house is the world of sight, and you will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upwards...the ascent of the soul into the intellectual world. In the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort ;...

...dispelled, for example, by a single sentence from Plato's Republic: "Whether I am right or not God only knows; but, whether true or false, my opinion is that...appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort." devoid of will and personality and as such is unethical, f wherein Shelley is essentially unlike Plato....