Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only… — Socrates
Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.
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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.
