Plato's Allegory of the Cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604. Source: Wikimedia Commons The Allegory of the Cave (circa 380 BCE) Human beings spend all their lives in an ...

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Get me out of here: Plato’s book The Republic tells of Socrates likening the process of education to an escape from a cave. (Painted by Mattia Preti 1649) I never fully realized the perilous state of ...

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A sentiment echoes across the United States, and it stems from “the people.” Just last week, “the people” elected a president. How can we understand this political moment better? Let’s go back to ...

An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction.