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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Further Review Questions.

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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

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  1. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

  2. Further Review Questions 1. Glaucon says the people in the story are "strange prisoners." Socrates then gives the stunning reply that they are "like ourselves." Why do you suppose Socrates compares us to these prisoners?2. What do the shadows stand for?3. What do you think are the "shadows" in our society? In your life?4. According to this story, what is enlightenment?5. In what sense does the freed prisoner not understand the shadows as well as his friends when he returns back to the cave? In what sense does he understand the shadows better than his friends?6. In what ways are the events in the enlightened prisoner's life like the events in the historical Socrates' life?7. How does Socrates idea that there’s a perfect world somewhere, and that this world is just an illusion fit in with some religions’ ideas about Heaven and God?

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