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The Allegory of the Cave  Plato   Book VII of The Republic Draft 17.1.2003 Minna Takala Plato's Cave by  David Kennedy
Plato's Cave  by Carol Blakney A powerful metaphoric story about limitations of human understanding, social relationships, governance,  and awakening, written more than 2000 years ago ~ 360 B.C.E
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" Plato's Cave - in The Republic "  A source of light (R) casts inside a cave the shadow of a Letter (V)  carried by actors (B); this projection provides the reality for a crowd (N).
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In Plato's Cave we are restrained by what we know  and that is based on what we are able to see. (And vice a versa ???) Beyond the cave, we know not what awaits,  yet we use the cave to describe ourselves and our lives,  without acknowledging what lies beyond our vision. Escaping  ignorance or  accepting  ignorance ???
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Allegory+of+cave draft jan_2003

  • 1. The Allegory of the Cave Plato Book VII of The Republic Draft 17.1.2003 Minna Takala Plato's Cave by David Kennedy
  • 2. Plato's Cave by Carol Blakney A powerful metaphoric story about limitations of human understanding, social relationships, governance, and awakening, written more than 2000 years ago ~ 360 B.C.E
  • 3.
  • 4. " Plato's Cave - in The Republic " A source of light (R) casts inside a cave the shadow of a Letter (V) carried by actors (B); this projection provides the reality for a crowd (N).
  • 5.
  • 6. In Plato's Cave we are restrained by what we know and that is based on what we are able to see. (And vice a versa ???) Beyond the cave, we know not what awaits, yet we use the cave to describe ourselves and our lives, without acknowledging what lies beyond our vision. Escaping ignorance or accepting ignorance ???
  • 7.
  • 8.