e discovered it would not withstand opposition due to the possible inaccuracies that hold it up. What that means is that Plato believed that our sense perceptions are not a reliable source for collecting data and this is for a few reasons. Which is closely related to another of Plato's favorite topics, knowledge, because he believed truth came from knowledge.
             The first reason why Plato believed perception was inadequate to form truths is because it isn't knowledge. Perception cannot be considered knowledge is because, for example, that would make the mere perception of someone speaking a foreign language just as good as understanding what that man said. Also a man can remember and know something even after the perception of it ends. Plato realized human perception has the ability to be flat out wrong. An example of our mistaken perceptions was give by Mr. Moore. Pledges to his fraternity would be lead into a room where there was a red-hot branding iron, and were told they were to be branded. Once blindfolded an ice cube was stuck to their backside, and they screamed due to the wrong information gathered by their senses. Finally, nor can correct opinions be considered knowledge. As an example, if a guilty man is on trial and there is insufficient evidence to prove a man his guilt but the
             prosecutor may be able to tweak the jury's emotions to convict him. Although their opinion was right, there was no concrete evidence to back that knowledge therefore it
             would not be a truth, according to Plato. So Plato believed that the knowledge of the truths of reality must come from an unchanging source of measure. And it is essential that it be gathered objectively. For the world is a rational place, and can be known by science, only because both the world and our thoughts are included in certain forms. The system that Plato used in explaining this is the "Divine Line." In order to reach a concept, we...