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Sistine Chapel, Vatican. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Michelangelo/Public Domain Plato concluded the ten books of the Republic with the myth of Er, which greatly influenced the Western mind ...

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Plato’s cave allegory is a metaphor that examines human perception, knowledge, and enlightenment within his book The Republic. It depicts prisoners in a dark cave who have been there since birth.

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.