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A Brief Account Of Plato's Myth of the cave in "the republic"

Philosophy 1200

Topic: Give a brief account of Plato’s Myth of the Cave in “the Republic.” What do the interior of the cave and the world outside of it represent, respectively? How does the cave map onto the Divided Line?

























Submitted to: Dr. Sean McGrath
Submitted by: Nadine Mahoney
Student number: 9926692
Plato’s most famous passage is the myth of the Cave, which occurs in the Republic. Through an account of his myth the symbolic meanings of both the interior of the cave and the outside worlds are portrayed. Also the relationship between the cave Divided Line is also revealed.
In Plato’s analogy the cave is connected to the outside world by a long passage
that prevent...

Posted by: Ryan Wilkins

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