The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring Plato’s teacher Socrates in dialogue with several friends, is unquestionably central to ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are still waiting on the verdict from veteran Aaron Rodgers. For what seems like the past month now. ESPN's Ryan Clark gave a hilarious analogy of Pittsburgh playing the ...

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Let’s go back to Plato and his cave. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” from the Republic, helps us understand populism in the U.S. today and its role in Donald Trump’s rise.

The allegory of the cave, or Plato’s Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare “the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature” ...

Plato’s dark cave. March 29, 2024. In our Disunited States, where liars stand so proudly, arms akimbo, elbows against their own laws, I seek solace in a source that’s never failed me: Plato’s "Apology ...

This story is, of course, Plato’s “allegory of the cave” from his book The Republi c, written in the second half of the 4th century B.C.E. But it’s also us, today.

Propaganda has trapped us in Plato’s Cave —… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

This story is, of course, Plato’s “allegory of the cave” from his book The Republi c, written in the second half of the 4th century B.C.E. But it’s also us, today.

You might have learned about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in your intro to philosophy course in college. Perhaps you remember the bare outlines, but let me flesh out the details and explain why ...