The Cave | Plato's Republic, Book 7
Hello there,
It’s been a while (I’m sorry) but the Plato’s Republic lectures are back!
Before the end of the year we will be getting through the last books 7-10, and if you want to catch up on the lectures so far here is the link:
In this lecture on book 7 we will discuss the following:
* The Digression of books 5-6, including the images of the sun, divided line and the Cave.
* The cave as an image of education — reorienting the soul from shadows and appearances toward reality.
* Tracking the prisoner’s painful ascent from images to objects to intelligible forms and ultimately to the Good as…
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