Jess asked:

What is perception according to Plato?

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The Latin perceptio,'perception' translates the Greek aesthesis. The key term in Plato is not
aesthesis,but nous— often translated as mind or reason. Nous is 'what is best in the soul' and 'the
soul's pilot', the faculty which is contact with the divine (Phaedrus247c; Timaeus51d). Orthodox
Christianity equated (and still equates) the 'image of God' in man with the nous. Aesthesis is one of
the parts of the soul, but nous is the unifying and commanding principle. The nous (or intelligence) is
awakened by that which is intelligible. Hence, it is essentially a contemplative faculty. Any 'perception'
is controlled by nous.

Matthew Del Nevo

www.sicetnon.com