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Or?
3⁄4 not noesis.
as poiesis
as gnosis 3⁄4 if near Apollo’s altar.97
Galiet & Galiet
is open at every stage of existence, of becoming, of being. For Plato, absolute truth is fully open only in noesis and being. Prior to noesis, it is partially open; in hypothesis or dianoia, only a glimpse of truth can be discerned. Prior to dianoia, an even lesser degree of truth and clarity exists in living things (ζωα), fauna, flora, humankind and man-made artefacts. Prior to ζωα, a much lesser degree of truth and clarity exists in images and appearances or shadows. These last two belong to the realm of sensible particulars, experience, belief and opinion (δοξαστα), or Plato’s realm of becoming. For Plato, truth opens itself up little by little, by ascension, that is, at every stage of progression, there are distinctive degrees of becoming and being, belief and truth, yet the final aim of inquiry is the Good-in-itself and the forms in themselves. In this sense, both theories differ. To say truth is open, unhidden at every stage of existence may resonate, in part, with Plato’s degrees of truth in the upper two segments of the Divided Line, but not with Plato’s lower two segments. For Plato, truth belongs to the realm of episteme and being (the Divided Line’s last two, upper segments: hypothesis and noesis) while opinion to the realm of belief and becoming (the Divided Line’s first, two lower segments: imagination and living things). Indeed, for Plato there are distinctive degrees of truth. However, the key debate is whether for Heidegger truth as unconcealment means absolute truth or not. This is not explicit or fully clear. His argument resonates more with Heraclitus’ than with Plato.96 Just as Heidegger’s rose unfolds, Heraclitus’ river flows, naturally in the openness of the open 3⁄4 in the clearing. Just as no one can see the unfolding of the same rose twice, no one can step in Heraclitus’ river twice, though it is the same river.
Hence, what surges?
What becomes?
A-letheia as mythos-logos 3⁄4 not logos-logos.
96 Inwood believes it resonates more with Plato. This I dispute.
97 Prophecy and poetry. Apollo shares the temple with Dionysus. This can show that nomos and phusis are aspects of the same.
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