The story about leaving the cave represents how the soul gets closer to understanding these forms—it’s like a picture of discovering things and seeing them in a new light. Plato also considers ...

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Of all the sumptuously realised analogies presented by Greek philosopher Plato, none has stuck in the public imagination quite like the allegory of the cave. In it, a group of manacled people can ...