PLATO’S DIVIDED LINE (Republic, 509D-511E)

The Objects of Knowledge

Greek	Jowett	Shorey	Bloom	Miller
ἰδεῖν [OR] ἴδοὶ τὶς ἢ τῇ δὶανοίᾳ (511a1)	Things themselves which can only be seen with the eye of the mind	Those realities which can be seen only by the mind	Forms/Things themselves that one can see in no other way than with thought	Forms/Ideas/Realities/First Principles
ταῦτα ἃ πλάττουσί τε καὶ γράφουσιν (510e2)	Forms which [are] drawn or made	Things treated as images	Hypotheses/Using as images the things that were previously imitated	Things, Models, Concepts, Hypotheses, Assumptions
ᾧ τοῦτο ἔοικε (510a5)	That of which [the image] is only a resemblance	That of which [the image] is a likeness	That of which [the image] is a likeness	Things that make shadows, reflections, images
εἰκόνας (510a1)	Images	Images	Images, shadows, appearances	Shadows, reflections, images

The Mental Faculties by which the Knowledge of the Objects Above is Acquired

Greek	Jowett	Shorey	Bloom	Miller
Νόησιν or Noûs (511d10)	Reason	Intellection or Reason	Intellection	Intuition
Διάνοιαν or Diánoia (511e1)	Understanding	Understanding	Thought	Thought
Πίστιν or Pístis (511e1)	Faith	Belief or Conjecture	Trust	Presumption
Εἰκασίαν or Eίkasίa (511e2)	Perception of shadows	Picture-thinking	Imagination	Imagination