Truth In "The Allegory of the Cave," Plato uses the metaphor of an obscure cave to represent both knowledge and truth. ... They can only see before them, visualizing mere shadows on the wall of the cave, and knowing these images as their only truth. ... Upon returning to the darkened cave, he is seen by his former peers as a man who lost his sight, but now, he can see all the more clearly. ... Plato's allegory is based upon the concept of truth. ... At the same time, this allegory proves that knowledge is useless unless one is in the light. ...

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Allegory of the Cave comes from book VII of Plato's best know n work: The Republic. ... The Allegory is still useful and relevant in today's world. ... Plato's Allegory of the Cave begins by describing how people are chained in a cave. ... In today's world, "Allegory of the Cave" still speaks to us in politics. ... All of the analogies that Plato makes in Allegory of the Cave are still true in today's world. ...

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What is truth? Ask a million people and over a million different answers one will receive . Truth can be described in more ways than one can imagine. Truth is all relative. The beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, every eye perceives beauty to exist in varying degrees. One may share the same beaut...

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