... state of mind, but rather a blueprint by which objects in the material world are created. These various assertions are best characterized by Plato's allegorical "Cave" described in The Republic. The slaves working deep underground never dare to journey upward and see the light, but prefer by choice, ... knowledge, "either philosophers become kings or those now called kings and regents become genuine philosophers, so that political power and philosophy coincide" (Plato, 138). Absolute truth was reached by those exceptionally intelligent individuals, who do not just see shadows, they also ...

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... social system, which can not function without politics, it proves Plato's claim that human beings are political animals. The importance of existing though freedom, knowledge, and enlightenment is accentuated by Plato on The Republic. He uses the cave allegory to highlight how human beings will not survive the darkness ... unless they act together and be led by a philosopher king who leads them to the light. "Don't you think that the true captain will be called a real stargazer, a babbler, and a good-for-nothing by those who sail in ships governed in that way" (plato ... , VI,484). The f...

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