(January 18, 2019 at 9:54 pm)Acrobat Wrote: “ in the world of knowledge the idea of Good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right, parent of light and of the lord of light in this visible world, and the immediate source of reason and truth in the intellectual; and that this is the power upon which he who would act rationally, either in public or private life must have his eye fixed.”
"Is seen with an effort"...? Is Plato referring to the "effort" it takes to believe a dogma when it is presented to you? Or is he referring to something else?