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R7 The Cave | Plato's Republic, book 7 w/ Ben Morison

Ancient Greece Declassified

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The Sun and the Sea Sons Are the Causes of Everything Below

Plato says that when you are outside the cave, you can't see them immediately. You have to pass by or via seeing something else first. And so ye, exactly The sun then becomes seen as being the ultimate cause. In plato's mind, of course, that's linked to the form of the good. So now let's get into what is an analogue of what in this outside world? Ah, yes, i think, such a great question. I tell you why. Because a so many people, when they think about the story of the cave, concentrate what's going on inside the cave,. quite rightly. But people kind of forget to ask about what’s

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