
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
The New Thinkery
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The Matrix of Socratic Philosophy
When I see a dog, I am noticing dogness or the form of dog. Because I've only seen tiny dogs. There's something weird about the two sources of light that maybe, I think, plays into the hands of the education he's trying to set up. It seems like most people are on an ordinary level somewhat aware of certain difficulties in their opinions. They'll get into conversations with their friends and they'll appreciate that maybe the questions are bigger than them. What you're seeing on the wall are actually some of your most deeply held opinions about reality about what the world is. That's harder for people to see. Maybe this is obvious for folks at home, but the cave
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