allegory- story, poem, or picture that contains a hidden moral or message
- Koans
- synchronicity
- confined since birth
- chained facing wall
- only light was fire behind them
- identify things they'd see
- didn't see them directly; shadow
- found the light disorienting
- shadows appeared much clearer
- light is the ultimate source of everything he has seen
- when tries to free others, they think he is dumb and refuse/ resist to come out to the real world
- most people are not just comfortable in their ignorance but hostile to anyone who points it out
- two different signs
- no Athenian democracy
- yes Philosopher kings
- things in the physical world are flawed reflections
- ideal forms exist in the mind of a creator
- grouping actual things into abstract terms
- to wonder if the things outside the cave are any more real than the shadows
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