Document1 - Allegory_cave.pdf. The Republic by Plato MIT. Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about The Republic. true;" Download: A text-only version is available for download.
The RepublicBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Socrates - GLAUCON And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: --Behold! Human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Plato's Cave. Plato Book VII of The Republic The Allegory of the Cave.
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