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Anonymous06/22/25, 23:51No.24488673
Plato's Allegory of the Cave is one of the most famous and influential thought experiments in Western philosophy. It appears in Book VII of his masterpiece, Republic, and is used to illustrate his profound ideas about the nature of reality, knowledge, and education.
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Anon06/22/25, 23:52No.24488675
The Fire: Behind the prisoners, and at some distance above them, a fire burns. This fire provides the only source of light within the cave itself.
The Walkway and Puppeteers: Between the fire and the prisoners, there's a raised walkway. Along this walkway, people (the "puppeteers") carry various objects – statues of animals, human figures, and other artifacts. As they pass, these objects rise above a low wall that separates the walkway from the view of the prisoners.The Shadows: The fire casts the shadows of these objects onto the back wall of the cave, directly in front of the prisoners.
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Anon06/22/25, 23:54No.24488677
More retarded AI slop.Go ahead and say who the puppeteers in the cave are, in this book you've never read.
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Anon06/22/25, 23:56No.24488683
it's not a thought experiment, it's an allegory. it's literally in the name.
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Anon06/23/25, 24:23No.24488733
IS THAT ANOTHER CHATGPT PLATO CHRISTKEK THREAD? YAAAS
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Anon06/23/25, 24:23No.24488734
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Anon06/23/25, 24:32No.24488748
in college we learned it as a rhino was chained to a chair, and bunnies were playing with fire to put on the shadowplay
that was in a lit class thocreepy...
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Anon06/23/25, 24:44No.24488764
it's just a bunch of retards in a cave
>DUDE CAVE LMAO
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Anon06/23/25, 24:46No.24488769
Designated shitposting thread?
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Anon06/23/25, 24:58No.24488788
what the fuck is this jeet's goal? trying to teach plato through chatgpt without reading the texts lol
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Anon06/23/25, 01:03No.24488797
If any of you want to simp over Plato's Cave, you can watch George Lucas' "THX 1138" starring my daddy Robert Duvall. But it isn't really /kino/. Just a basic hippie generation porno.
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Anon06/23/25, 01:04No.24488801
the fuck you need so many threads for? [/lit/thread/24486254#p24486254]
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Anon06/23/25, 01:25No.24488846
DUDE, CAVE
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Anon06/23/25, 02:11No.24488928
Bump
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Anon06/23/25, 04:58No.24489172
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Anon06/23/25, 05:15No.24489192
Plato is the only solution to elevate the Soul
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Anon06/23/25, 05:34No.24489212
>hit bongs
>dude we're all like living in a simulation bro there's like shadows on the cave wall bro
>inhales then exhales redditly
OK Plato so any proof of this?
>uhhhhh dude it's like allegorical i don't need this proof shit it's like just epic just trust me bro
I could say we're being observed by a super race of phantasmal aliens and live my life under that assumption using the same principle you laid out
>plato then shits himself and kills himself out of his own retardation
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Anon06/23/25, 10:38No.24489592
It was actually Socrates' allegory
Plato was just the one to write it
Source: If we disregard this fact, then we have no written sources of anything Socrates ever said.
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Anon06/23/25, 12:26No.24489707
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Anon06/23/25, 12:33No.24489713
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Anon06/23/25, 12:55No.24489734
Pathetic jeet. You're not fooling anyone. Read some plato
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Anon06/23/25, 13:09No.24489755
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Anon06/23/25, 13:49No.24489816
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpV4DWL0bSw
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Anon06/23/25, 14:08No.24489842
There's no actual real-life equivalent to Plato's Cave. It's total fiction, and not even good fiction.
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Anon06/23/25, 14:44No.24489934
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Anon06/23/25, 15:25No.24490032
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Anon06/23/25, 16:56No.24490203
Omg
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Anon06/23/25, 18:34No.24490458
Where do I learn about orphism and it's possible connection to socrates
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Anon06/23/25, 19:51No.24490678
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Anon06/23/25, 20:28No.24490771
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Anon06/23/25, 23:32No.24491204
Plato's Allegory of the Cave is massively overrated and not particularly profound.
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Anon06/24/25, 24:04No.24491277
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Anon06/24/25, 03:36No.24491691
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Anon06/24/25, 03:55No.24491728
>thought experiments
It's more real than that. Money and institutions, sacrifices for gods... All vanity of the ape.
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Anon06/24/25, 03:56No.24491729
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Anon06/24/25, 04:35No.24491810
