the Allegory of the Cave

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gptkbp:instanceOf allegory
gptkbp:author gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:book gptkb:Book_VII
gptkbp:category gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:Ancient_Greek_philosophy
philosophy of mind
allegory
gptkbp:depicts a journey to the outside world
prisoners in a cave
shadows on a wall
gptkbp:explains gptkb:Socrates_(as_narrator_in_The_Republic)
gptkbp:firstPublished circa 380 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Allegory of the Cave
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:philosophy
Western philosophy
metaphysics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainTheme education
enlightenment
philosophy of knowledge
ignorance
perception of reality
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:The_Republic
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Plato's_Theory_of_Forms
philosophical enlightenment
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Plato's_Divided_Line
gptkb:Plato's_Sun_Analogy
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_Analogy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6