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The Allegory of the Cave
- Narrated by: Gil Anders
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Allegory of the Cave appears in Plato’s Republic and compares the effect of education and the lack of it on human nature. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother and Socrates, who tells of people that have been chained to the wall of a cave their whole lives. They see shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them. Socrates explains that the philosopher is like a prisoner who has escaped the cave and realizes that the shadows on the wall are not the true reality at all.
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- Aaron
- 08-09-20
Plato made uninteresting
Very poor reading, some stuttering & coughing. Wish I could get a refund of this.
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- B. Hawk
- 03-16-20
Not a fan of the narrator.
I struggled with the narrator's tone and pace. Not to mention, the clear cough (clearing of his throat) early into the story.
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- M Denny
- 03-05-20
I couldn't get past the first minutes
I'm really interested in the story but the narration was choppy and irritating. I'm returning it and finding another version or reading it myself.