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Escaping The Cave: Plato’s Allegory and The Key To Overcoming Ignorance
Marvin Leuvrey In The Republic, Plato conjures his enduring allegory of the cave a meditation on the nature of reality, ignorance, and enlightenment. Imagine a group of people who have spent their entire existence chained inside a cave. They can only face one wall, and behind them burns a fire. Between them and this fire, there are people carrying objects, which cast shadows on the wall. Because this imagery is all the prisoners know, they mistake the shadows for reality......Continue […] -
Escaping The Cave: Plato’s Allegory and The Key To Overcoming Ignorance
Marvin Leuvrey In The Republic, Plato conjures his enduring allegory of the cave a meditation on the nature of reality, ignorance, and enlightenment. Imagine a group of people who have spent their entire existence chained inside a cave. They can only face one wall, and behind them burns a fire. Between them and this fire, there are people carrying objects, which cast shadows on the wall. Because this imagery is all the prisoners know, they mistake the shadows for reality......Continue […]