If Plato intended the ascent as merely optional spiritual enrichment, he would not structure it as a necessary progression. The prescriptive language indicates universal normative force.

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Necessary progression(describes how Plato allegedly structured the ascent): A sequence of steps that must happen in order, where each step depends on the one before it and you can't skip ahead or do them out of order.
Plato(the person whose decision to write is being analyzed in this example): An ancient Greek philosopher (around 428-348 BCE) who wrote famous dialogues exploring big questions about knowledge, justice, and reality.
Prescriptive language(refers to the type of language Plato supposedly used): Words that tell you what *should* or *must* happen, rather than just describing what *is* happening—like a rule or command rather than an observation.
normative force(Used to describe what Korsgaard's account aims to explain): The property in virtue of which an agent's reasons are binding on the agent.

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