At 04:12 PM 11/5/98 -0500, Rjyan C Kidwell wrote:
quoted 8 lines Book 7 of the Republic... "Now imagine what would happen if he went down>
>Book 7 of the Republic... "Now imagine what would happen if he went down
>again to take his former seat in the Cave...He might be required once
>more to deliver his opinions on those shadows, in competition with the
>prisoners who had never been released...They would laugh at him and say
>that he had gone up only to come back with his sight ruined...If they
>could lay hands on the man who was trying to set them free and lead them
>up, they would kill him."
yes, but this is not what is considered 'the allegory of the cave.'
the allegory of the cave has to do with forms and the differences between
appearance and reality.
:: wells oliver / s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu
:: 'try to smile as they devour our youth'