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Explain Plato’s use of the metaphor of shadows in the allegory of the cave.
Plato’s’ The Allegory of the Cave, allows an individual to realize that which they already know. ... The people that are in Plato’s’ cave, the prisoners, have always been there. ... Plato said to Glaucon, “ To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. ...
One example that Plato might use if he were alive today would be a movie theatre. ...
Plato’s use of shadows in the allegory of the cave is to show the darkness of the cave, shadows are restricted because of the object creating them. ... I think that plato is trying to show that the people in the cave are like us.
Approximate Word count = 623 Approximate Pages = 2.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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