The Allegory of the Cave by Plato

The Allegory of the Cave

Plato with Shawn Eyer (Translator)

11 pages first pub -375 (editions) user-added

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Plato’s famous allegory of the cave, written around 380 bce, is one of the most important and influential passages of The Republic. It vividly illustrates the concept of Idealism as it was taught in the Platonic Academy, and provides a metaphor wh...

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