Plato’s analogy of the cave
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What does the cave represent
The empirical world
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What do the shadows represent
The imperfect particulars we observe
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What does the fire represent
The sun
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What does the assent to light represent
The assent to knowledge
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What does the outside world represent
Realm of the forms
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Lower forms =
Shadows and reflections
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Higher forms =
Objects
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Sun =
Form of the good
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What is Plato trying to tell us with this analogy
To consider Our world as an illusion and the realm of forms as the truth
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