REF: Greek philosophy--Plato & Empedocles

[Jody Gerlock <Jody_Gerlock@pds.k12.nj.us>]

OK folks, here's a good one. We have a student who wrote in his paper that the
original author of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" was Empedocles, and we're
trying to verify that he found this information somewhere.
Here's an excerpt from the paper: "When Plato discovered this parable dust
covered amongst the archives of Greek literature, he saw, not a trivial
story, but a masterpiece of philosophical ingenuity. He saw a simple
illustration of a complicated concept. He called it his THEORY OF FORMS..."
We have a bibliography that lists 4 sources, none of which I can get my hands
on right now:

Plato. _The Republic_. London: Penguin Books, 1983.

Plato. _Plato's theory of knowledge_. New York: Liberal Arts Press, 1951.

Grene, David. _Greek political theory_. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press,
1965.

Microsoft Encarta '96, 1996. S.v. "Plato," by Bairds, Robert.

If there are any philosophists(ers??) out there who would like to help me get
to the bottom of this one, I'd be quite grateful for your input! TIA.
Jody
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