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Consistent with his epistemology, Plato divides the soul into three parts: the rational, the spirited, and the appetitive, corresponding to different aspects of knowing and desiring.

Central to Plato's philosophy, this theory posits that non-material abstract forms, and not the material world, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality and are the only objects of true knowledge.

The lowest level of understanding in Plato's Divided Line, eikasia is the state of mind dealing with shadows and images, representing the least clear level of perception and knowledge.

In Plato's theory, 'Episteme' refers to true knowledge or understanding that is grounded in reason and is contrasted with doxa, or opinion.

Highest of all forms in Plato's Theory of Forms; the Form of the Good is considered the ultimate form that illuminates all other forms, giving them their validity and existence.

A paradox presented by Meno in Plato's dialogues questioning how one can search for knowledge of something they do not know; it is resolved through the theory of recollection (anamnesis).

Plato's early definition of knowledge, particularly explored in 'Theaetetus', suggests that for one to know something, it must be a belief that is both true and justified.

Anamnesis, in Plato's theory, is the idea that learning is actually the recollection of knowledge that souls were acquainted with before being incarnated in the physical world.

Plato uses this simile to describe the form of the Good, comparing it to the sun which illuminates objects so the eye can see them, just as the Good illuminates the forms for the soul to comprehend.

Plato describes 'Doxa' as belief or opinion that is not as reliable as episteme since it is based on sensory experience, which is deceptive and changeable.

Plato's allegory where prisoners in a cave mistake shadows for reality; he uses it to illustrate the process of gaining episteme and the transition from doxa to knowledge of the forms.

The third level of understanding in Plato's Divided Line, 'Dianoia' signifies thought, discourse, or mathematical reasoning, which allows for understanding but requires the sensory world for the conception of forms.

In the context of Plato's work, 'Pistis' refers to belief or trust in the sensory world, situated above eikasia on the Divided Line, but still not a form of true knowledge.

A theory proposed by Plato dividing human understanding into four levels: images, belief, mathematical reasoning, and understanding the forms, representing a gradation from illusion to truth.