Allegory of the Cave
by Benjamin Jowett, Plato
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(1 ratings)52 pages2019Independently PublishedISBN 9781699090039
TruthRepublic (Plato)
About this book
The Allegory of the Cave, was presented by Plato in Republic to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature". It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun and the analogy of the divided line
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 52
- ISBN
- 9781699090039
- Language
- en
About Benjamin Jowett
An influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Jowett>Wikipedia</a>).
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