One work by this philosopher claims that being overcome by pleasure is equal to ignorance, and describes how a god whose name means "afterthought" forgot to give man a special talent; in another he criticized one of his own theories with the Third Man argument, while a third features the seer Diotima.
One work by this philosopher claims that being overcome by pleasure is equal to ignorance, and describes how a god whose name means "afterthought" forgot to give man a special talent; in another he criticized one of his own theories with the Third Man argument, while a third features the seer Diotima. A latter work includes a myth in which people have metals in their blood called the "noble lie," advocates rule by the philosopher-king, and provides support for his theory of Forms with the Allegory of the Cave. For 10 points, name this author of  Protagoras, Parmenides, Symposium, and The Republic, whose dialogues feature his teacher Socrates.
One work by this philosopher claims that being overcome by pleasure is equal to ignorance, and describes how a god whose name means "afterthought" forgot to give man a special talent; in another he criticized one of his own theories with the Third Man argument, while a third features the seer Diotima.
Plato