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Plato's allegory of the cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, Albertina, Vienna. Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature".
Plato refers to these debates and made allegories and the nature of allegory a prominent theme in his dialogues. [9] He uses many allegorical devices and explicitly calls attention to them. In the Parable of the Cave, for example, Plato tells a symbolic tale and interprets its elements one by one (Rep., 514a1 ff.).
Socrates, using the Simile of the Sun as a foundation, continues with the Analogy of the Divided Line (509d–513e) after which follows the Allegory of the Cave (514a–520a). In relation to the other metaphors, the intelligible method can help one to understand the Good, symbolized by the Sun.
The Theory of Forms or Theory of Ideas, [1] [2] [3] also known as Platonic idealism or Platonic realism, is a philosophical theory widely credited to the Classical Greek philosopher Plato.
Myth of the Cave is a suite in five movements for clarinet/bass clarinet, double bass and piano, composed by Yitzhak Yedid in Jerusalem, Israel, 2002, and premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, October 2002. The fundamental idea of the composition was inspired by Plato's philosophic metaphor The Allegory of the Cave:
Porphyry leaves open whether the cave actually existed or was an invention by Homer, but in either case stresses its significance as an allegory. He associates the cave motif with Plato's allegory of the cave and the Mithraeum (the cave sacred to adherents of the Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras) and regards it as a symbol for ...
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Rush's album "2112" (1976) was inspired by the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand which in turn can be seen as a science fiction version of Plato's allegory of the cave. The allegory of the cave is mentioned in the They Might Be Giants song, "No One Knows My Plan". Plato's allegory of the cave is referenced in the Jack Johnson song, "Inaudible Melodies".