5 Stages of Plato's Cave Allegory | Republic Book 7

Summary & questions for Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in Republic Book 7

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Stage 1, Prisoners in the Cave
0:42 Stage 2, Prisoner Freed
0:58 Stage 3, Prisoner Ascends
1:11 Stage 4, Prisoner in the Surface World
1:33 Stage 5, Prisoner Returs to Cave
1:47 Comparison to Soul's Journey Upward
2:05 Four Parallels
2:19 What the Form of the Good Does
2:45 What This Allegory Means for Education

Discussion Question: Why must anyone who want to *act well* know the Form of the Good? What would someone be lacking if he acted without this knowledge? Why would he be likely to act poorly?

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Music: Freedom in Isolation, by Darren Curtis

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