But as rational beings we have the capacity to think deeply and logically about them and come up with an idea it try to explain them. ... In book VII of The Republic, Plato puts into words the life of another great philosopher of the time, Socrates. ... Book VII of Plato's The Republic (which, for ease, will be referred to as The Cave) is an allegory about society and the restraints that are placed on members as well as education or the lack there of and the consequences. ... Plato tells us that the man would most surely want to go back into the cave, but only to persuade others to joi...

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