The message of Plato's myth of the cave conveys his theory of how we come to know or how we attain true knowledge. In the cavern people are chained so they can look forward only at the wall of the cave. Behind them, a fire burns which they are never able to see. Nevertheless, between them and the fire ... along which people carry pictures, puppets, and statues. The prisoners cannot see the exit out of the cave, the fire burning behind them, or the people carrying objects in front of the fire. They only see the shadows. Plato makes an Appearance/Reality distinction. For example, the relation be...

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... works in mostly in dialogue form. The Republic is just one of all his works. I find The Republic to be very interesting because Plato talks about the different levels of cognition. He mentioned that wisdom, courage, moderation and justice combine together to form the Republic. According to the ... were in the level of reason and they were knowledgeable to be philosophers. The second level of the invisible world is understanding. In understanding, Plato refers to things that don't changed or that have a fixed meaning like numbers, geometrical figures because numbers and geometrical figur...

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