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Philosophize This!
This treatise explores Plato's ideal city and form of government, an aristocracy ruled by philosopher kings. It also includes the famous Allegory of the Cave.
Behold human beings living in an underground den which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den here They have been from their childhood and have their legs and next chain So...
— Episode: Episode #004 ... Plato
Episode: Episode #004 ... Plato
This treatise explores Plato's ideal city and form of government, an aristocracy ruled by philosopher kings. It also includes the famous Allegory of the Cave.
Behold human beings living in an underground den which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den here They have been from their childhood and have their legs and next chain So they cannot move and can only see before them being prevented by the chains from turning around their heads Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance and between the fire and the prisoners There is a raised way and you will see if you look a low wall built along the way like the screen which marionette players Have in front of them over which they show the puppets end quote
While still blinking through the gloom and before he has become sufficiently accustomed to the environing darkness He is compelled in courtrooms or elsewhere to contend about the shadows of justice Or the images that cast the shadows and to wrangle and debate About the notions of these things in the minds of those who have never seen justice itself End quote