• Republic Book VII EP 20 Allegory of the Cave

  • Nov 9 2021
  • Length: 15 mins
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Republic Book VII EP 20 Allegory of the Cave

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  • Plato's Allegory of the Cave is one of the most famous thought experiments in the history of Western philosophy. An allegory is "a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one" (Oxford). The question asked by Plato scholars and repeated here is "What meaning is most consistent with the moral and political ideas promoted by Socrates in the preceding discussion about the form of the Good?"
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