Book Seven from Republic by plato Now,if they could talk to one another,would th -An excerpt Readings in orld civilizotions. their words referred only to those passing shadows Questions kevinReilly NowYak:Gt.martin's.1992) Necessarily. And suppose their prison had an echo from th hat do tta followin月expressions mean？ When one of the people crossing behind them spe suppose that the sound came from the shadow passi ·Hewe No doubt. ·he fire In every way,then,such prisoners would recogni He ascant vf ta raleased prisoner but the shadows of those artificial objects. Inevitably. ,。dahu€h。migoner Now consider what would happen if their release ,h是电5nt通of educ+on the healing of their unwisdom should come aboutin t of them was set free and forced suddenly to stand u tunction of law walk with eyes lifted to the light;all these movemer and he would be too dazzled to make out the objec philosopher's responsibilit had been used to see.What do you think he would say that what he had formerly seen was meaningless ill wky sheuld philosophers be kiags somewhat nearer to reality and turned towards mor getting a truer view?Suppose further that he wer objects being carried by and were made to say,in rep each of them was.Would he not be perplexed and be shown him to he not so real as what he formerly sav Next,said I,here is a parable to illustrate the degrees in which our nature Yes,not nearly so real. may be enlightened or unenlightened.Imagine the condition of men And if he were forced to look at the firelight itsel living in a sort of cavernous chamber underground,with an entrance open to the light and a long passage all down the cave.Here they have ache,so that he would try to escape and turn back t could see distinctly,convinced that they really wer been from childhood,chained by the leg and also by the neck,so that they other objects now being shown to him? cannot move and can see only what is in front of them,because the chains Yes. will not let them turn their heads.At some distance higher up is the light of a fire burning behind them;and between the prisoners and the fire is a And suppose someone were to drag him away 1 and rugged ascent and not let him go until he had