Spiros 1 Spiros Mitsis English 110-25 November 15, 2001 The Truth Behind Knowlegde Reading both Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” and Maimonides’ “On the Limits of Man’s Intellect” opened my eyes to different views on how one can recognize true knowledge. I agree with Plato on a couple points, for example when he says that people, if wanting to gain knowledge, they must bring forth an effort and also if one desires to live ethically, …showed first 75 words of 733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 733 total…keen eye of a clever rogue, he is reverse of the blind, but his keen eyesight is forced into the service of evil, and he is mischievous in proportion to his cleverness” (Plato 321). From this I bring an example of Adolf Hitler. His genius enabled him to overthrow the Germany government. His cleverness to manipulate the minds of thousands assured him the title of the cruelest man to ever walk the face of the earth.