Description: Allegory of the Cave by Plato, Benjamin Jowett Allegory of the Cave by Plato from The Republic by Plato and translated by Benjamin Jowett. The Allegory of the Cave, or Platos Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic to compare "the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature". It is written as a dialogue between Platos brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun and the analogy of the divided line. All three are characterized in relation to dialectic at the end of Books VII and VIII. Plato has Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners reality. Socrates explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall are not reality at all, for he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the manufactured reality that is the shadows seen by the prisoners. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN1721628371 Author Benjamin Jowett Short Title Allegory of the Cave Pages 70 Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 1721628371 ISBN-13 9781721628377 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-06-19 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Subtitle From The Republic by Plato Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127889979;
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