Elements of Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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Prisoners
Ordinary People
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Difficulty adjusting to the darkness
Once you know the truth, it is hard to go back
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Return of the escapee
it's a philosopher's duty to help educate others
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Sun
The form of good
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Outside world
Real world- Realm of the Forms
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Difficult Ascent
road to philosophical knowledge is hard
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Escapee
the philosopher
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Fire
a copy of the form of good, allows us to see the shadows
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Shadows
the illusions that we experience
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Persecution from other prisoners
Like Socrates, the philosopher will be ridiculed and mistreated
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Chains
Our senses that cause us to accept what we see and hear
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Cave
the empirical world that we see and hear around us
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Once you know the truth, it is hard to go back

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Difficulty adjusting to the darkness

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it's a philosopher's duty to help educate others

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The form of good

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Real world- Realm of the Forms

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