Plato's doctrine about truth

Abstract

In this article definitively set in 1940, the German philosopher tries to open and formulate the question about the essence of truth. The means used for this purpose is the interpretation of the well-known Platonic myth of the cave (Rep. 517b) where Heidegger believes he sees a change in the essence of the truth that produces the concealment of its pristine meaning, as understood by the greeks. This fact is fundamental to human history and touches our present. At the same time, the way is offered to be able to experience what the Greeks called ἀ-λήθεια.