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and shapes of animals as well, wrought in stone and wood and
every material, some of these bearers presumably speaking and others
silent.” “A strange image you speak of,” he said,
“and strange prisoners.” “Like to us,” I
said; “for, to begin with, tell me do you think that these men would
have seen anything of themselves or of one another except the shadows cast from
the fire on the wall of the cave that fronted them?” “How
could they,” he said, “if they were compelled
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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