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
10020109
Media ID
47181647
Size
3109px x 4472px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Chevignard, in Magasin Pittoresque' July 1855, page 217
Date
early 4th century BC
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