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Das Höhlengleichnis (1998)

by Plato(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

3852521793 (ISBN13: 9783852521794)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bibliothek der Provinz Verlag für Literatur, Kunst & Muskikalien

review 1: "Anyone with intelligence would remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways and from two causes, coming from light into darkness as well as from darkness into light. Realizing that the same applies to the soul, whenever he sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he will not laugh mindlessly but will consider whether it has come from a brighter life and is dimmed because unadjusted, or has come from greater ignorance I to greater light and is filled with a brighter dazzlement."
review 2: For many years, I've had a hard time understanding Plato. So much so that I read one of his books and decided to never read him again! Boring! I'm thankful that I didn't stop trying to understand his works. If I had, I would have never read "The Allegory of the... more Cave" which has so many applications in life.My ability to apply this allegory to my life has taken on a new level as I strive to understand human nature, truth, and the process we call Life. It is a process isn't it? We can be either moving forward or backward in that process, each person desiring to either improve their life and themselves or not. I believe Plato touches on a sincere truth, one that allows a person to see things as they really are or to stay ignorant.I've wondered about that person I desire to be verse the person that I am. Am I a prisoner still sitting in the dark, only seeing the shadows of reality? Or, am I on the hill in the sunlight, desperately trying to make sense of my new awareness? Or maybe I'm on the hill in the sunlight fully able to see all of the world, how it works, and the God who formed it? I think I'm still in the sunlight, but grasping at determining the reality of what I see, in fact, I think most of us are in that position. However, what about those who are still in the cave? How do we help them out of the cave if they have no desire to leave? less

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