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This essay is about Plato's Allegory of the Cave and what my interpretation is of the images that dwell in the cave.

Date Submitted: 12/25/2004 20:11:24
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (695 words)
Allegory of the Cave The "Allegory of the Cave" is just that, an allegory, or a symbolic story. One should not take it literally. I like to equate Plato's allegory with education ... how one starts off in ignorance (chained to the dark well) and has to be compelled, quite against one's wishes often, to be unchained and start the "steep and rugged ascent" into the light, enlightenment, or education. The very root of the word "…
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…do live in our own little bubble but we also have to realize that out there in the world there is so much to do. There is so much terrorism, so much hunger, so much poverty, so much death and yet most of us still continue to prosper in our daily routine. A 'reality check' is not anything to make anybody afraid of facing but it is something that we need to be aware of.
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