Plato, who wrote Republic, believed that:

Plato believed that true reality is not found through the senses.

Explanation:

A phenomenon is the perception of an object which we recognize through our senses.

Plato believed that phenomena are fragile and weak forms of reality. They do not represent an object's true essence and so true reality is cannot be found through our senses

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