Anyone read it?

If so, I'd love to (for lack of a better word) read some thoughts, especially on Book 7, where he talks about the whole "cave" notion.

Do you see any flaws in it? Could it possibly be flawed? Do we live in a "cave"? What do you think the cave represents?

I'll share my opinion later :)

It's so sad. I was gonna make fun of someone, but I can't anymore.

Why?..

I..don't know..

Aww..

We're reading the Allegory of the Cave in my Theory of Knowledge class. It's a good read and he makes a lot of good points, and do see it as very true in a sense, but I haven't really thought of it enough to make an opinion on it.

shouldn't this be in books?


so it's called plato? what's it about? im going to amazon it.

^Plato is the Greek philosopher, an apprentice of Sophocles Socrates, who wrote The Republic. Which, among many, is considered the book of philosophy.

^ You mean Socrates.

It's written in the form of dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon, who was a king. Plato, who wrote the Republic, was a student of Socrates.

P. S. I don't know if it should go in Books.. Maybe. But I'm trying to focus more on its philosophical side. And critical analysis :)

I've read it in senior year, part of my Humanities class, I found it rather interesting, I got the highest score in that class as well, won a medal and everything, BUT I forgot like 90% of what was taught in that class.

Hmm....I still think I'm going to move this to Books anyway
Ya'll can discuss it in there =)

Never read it though....maybe I should


=MOVED TO BOOKS=

I haven't read Republic in a few years. I last read it in a political philosophy class I had freshman year, back when I still a prospective poli sci student, which was before I realized that politics are all bullshit anyway. So basically, that was a verbose and highly opinionated way of saying that I can't remember all the details of the cave allegory. However, I do remember the overall theme of the work, which makes a lot of sense, while being overly idealistic.

But, as I noted before, politics are bullshit, and I try to keep as far away from them as possible these days.

Oh sheesh. After talking about Socrates for an hour, I wrote the wrong name.