One of the best known examples is Platos Allegory of the Cave, included in his acclaimed book The Republic. ... By comparing these subjects, Plato finds similitudes between the behavior of the inhabitants of the cave, how they move, see, and think, and the means in which the people have access to knowledge. ... Above them a fire is blazing at a distance walkway [] (Plato). ... While inside the cave, the prisoners function only with the bodily eye. ... In Platos words, learning is remembering. ...

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