Reading Between the Lines: The Divided Line in Plato's Republic

In this Journey Through the Author Bank seminar, Dr. Steven Cortright, professor in the Integral Program at St. Mary's College of California, discusses the concept of the "divided line" in Plato's Republic.
In The Republic, Socrates uses the illustration of a divided line to explain how the visible, physical realm and the intellectual, metaphysical realm relate to one another, ultimately demonstrating how a person can grow in an understanding of the Forms and the Good.
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