Plato's Cave Allegory
In Plato's Republic Socrates likens mankind to prisoners in a cave who see only the shadows of reality, and the philosophers to those who have been given a glimpse of it
Picture No
12003211
Media ID
48575843
Size
3109px x 4472px
(7.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Chevignard, in Magasin Pittoresque' July 1855, page 217
Date
early 4th century BC
