divided line
Segmented road marking
A divided line is a highway marking that separates lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions—typically a double yellow line that prohibits passing.
In philosophy, the divided line refers to Plato's illustration in the *Republic*, a line segmented to represent levels of knowledge from mere opinion to true understanding.
The divided line separates the visible world from the intelligible.
- visibleAble to be seen
- intelligibleCapable of being understood
- higher knowledgeProfound spiritual or philosophical understanding
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
illusion · split · ontology · metaphor · dialectic · transcendence · philosopher king · Plato · being · epistemology · learning · bisected · perception · reality · reason · halved · synthesis · segmented
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, the Republic
- Plato's Republicthe Republic, Socrates, philosopher king, guardians, auxiliaries