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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Allegory Of The Cave: Meet Your Puppet-Handlers


Plato’s ‘The Allegory of the Cave‘ is from book VI of his most famous work, The Republic. He begins ‘The Allegory‘ by describing a dark cave found underground where a group of people are sitting in ‘one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance’. They are chained to their chairs from an early age and all that the humans can see is the distant cave wall in front of them. Their view of reality is completely based upon this limited view of the cave which but an unenlightened view of the real world.

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1 comment:

  1. lm gonna tell you about love.
    lets forget your blind forget your Attitudes,
    administration agents and the bloodline..
    come with me.

    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance

    ln this demonstration of my allegory some have called it symbolism, this is not a coincidence...see it through my eyes.

    Connect to the sky
    Future lovers ride
    My ambitions high
    and we're gonna fly.

    Let me be your guide
    Put away your pride
    Future lovers hide
    Love inside their eyes

    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance
    ln the evidence of its brilliance

    Not controlled in time
    Future lovers shine
    For eternity
    ln a world thats free

    Put away your pasts
    Love will never last
    lf your holding on
    To illusion, thats gone

    ln the evidence of its brilliance


    Future Lovers...Madonna

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