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Analysis of Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"

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Analysis of Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"

The moist air of the cave hovers in a homeostatic manner around the man’s conditioned skin. He sits, staring at the flat, cold surface of rock in front of him. Nothing that he sees surprises him. He just stares blankly at the recurrent shadows dancing in a dull glow. He is motionlessly caught in a state of a calm, content trance. The cold chains around his neck match the vacancy of life his face. The only expression seen is a small rising in the corners of the man’s mouth, producing a strangely content smirk. Nothing is heard except a constant, repetitive drip of water forming a stalagmite deep within the cave. Suddenly a voice awakens the man out his trance. A voice whispers in to the man’s ear, “I can show you a path to knowledge and bring you out of the cave and into the sun”. I can show you a life without the chains, a life......

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