In Plato's divided line, the equivalence of mathematics and dianoia shows that mathematics plays an important preliminary role in education. |
The physician Aretaios describes the consequences of epilepsy in damaging the patient's dianoia and causing his mOrainein. |
Since both noesis and dianoia correspond to invariable objects, the line's account of rationality is not a counterpart to Aristotle's practical rationality. |