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lselland
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What are Plato's four stages of life?

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Posted by lselland on Friday September 5, 2008 at 4:32 PM and tagged with four, plato, plato's republic, stages of life.

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  1. parkerlee
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    This does not depict a chronoligical lifespan but rather expresses the steps of awareness of the soul.

    In increasing order:

    eikasia - 'imaging' or conjecture

    pistis - belief

    dianoia - reasoning

    noesis - understanding

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    Posted by parkerlee on Friday September 12, 2008 at 10:19 PM