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Allegory o.t. Cave VS Reality
Title: Allegory o.t. Cave VS Reality
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 706 | Pages: 3.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Allegory o.t. Cave VS Reality
Reality from Fiction
Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave is a short story specifically discussing the parallels between the shadows the prisoners sees on the wall of the cave, and the illusion, which passes off as truth in today\'s society. The Allegory of the Cave is about Socrates teaching his student, Glaucon, certain principles of life by telling him one of his allegories. The Allegory of the Cave can be interpreted in many …showed first 75 words of 706 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 706 total…They would try to talk to their old companions, but be seen as silly, because in their world, reality is what everybody around them knows, sees and says.
The Allegory of the Cave illustrates many ways of reasoning. Glaucon being the anxious student and Socrates his ancient master. There are many ways of interpreting the story; one way is the comparison of The Allegory of the Cave to today\'s way of living and thinking.
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