In Plato's parable of the misgoverned ship to a poorly run city government he believes that the ship, Athenian democracy, is headed for destruction. Each person is acting in his own interest's not keeping ... ...

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... to be a third party. The second allegory teaches that justice is in a class of intelligible values rather than in the class of visible values. The Cave allegory is the last parable Socrates uses. Everything that Socrates had taught up to this point was in preparation for the Cave allegory and it's significance. "Imagine men in a cave-like underground dwelling with a long ... ...

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... insight into reality, naturally, a philosopher is the finest choice for a ruler. Socrates is aware that most people do not feel this approvingly towards philosophers. He uses an image of the parable of a ship to explain why people do not think more highly of the occupation. In his depiction, the ship symbolizes the state, the sailors are the politicians and the captain ... ...

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