Plato's Allegory of the Cave

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	allegory
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:book	gptkb:Book_VII
gptkbp:dateWritten	circa 380 BCE
gptkbp:dialoguesBy	gptkb:Glaucon
gptkbp:explains	gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:features	gptkb:cave gptkb:fire sun shadows prisoners outside world
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:philosophy allegory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Plato's Allegory of the Cave
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:philosophy Western philosophy metaphysics
gptkbp:interpretedBy	many philosophers
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainTheme	gptkb:philosophy education enlightenment ignorance perception of reality
gptkbp:partOfWork	gptkb:The_Republic
gptkbp:purpose	demonstrate the philosopher's journey to knowledge illustrate the effects of education and the lack of it on human nature
gptkbp:referencedIn	gptkb:art gptkb:film gptkb:literature psychology education theory
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:Theory_of_Forms gptkb:philosopher education truth illusion
gptkbp:relatedWork	gptkb:Plato's_Myth_of_the_Sun gptkb:Plato's_Divided_Line
gptkbp:setting	underground cave
gptkbp:studiedIn	philosophy courses
gptkbp:symbolizes	the difference between the world of appearances and the world of reality the effect of education on the human soul
gptkbp:writtenBy	Ancient Greece
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:the_sun_(in_Plato's_analogy)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7