At 05:45 PM 11/4/98 -0500, Rjyan C Kidwell wrote:
quoted 10 lines Oh god. You KNOW what happens when the philosopher comes back to>
>Oh god. You KNOW what happens when the philosopher comes back to
>the depths of the cave from the light above. He tries to rattle the
>chains of
>those in the cave and they KILL him. This is one of the central ideas of
>the
>cave allegory, probably the most elementary of all of Plato's lessons in
>the
>Republic.
>
what are you talking about?
the allegory of the cave has zero to do with that sort of thing.
:: wells oliver / s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu
:: 'try to smile as they devour our youth'