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Solveig Gold: The Cave by Plato

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The Tension Between the Truth and the Political Order

Tension between truth and political order as it is put into practice. In a simple way, we're just acknowledging this is a fallen world,. And this perfect regime is, is utopian. Right. Meaning doesn't exist. It doesn’t exist. Well, the only person Plato seems to have in mind is already dead. So he's creating this system for Socrates. And yet, we don't have another Socrates. Which is why, of course, you can't say that it's, he's just kidding or it's just a joke because what Plato is describing is obviously true.

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