Echoes and Shadows: A Phenomenological Reconsideration of Plato's Cave Allegory

In the cave allegory, Plato illustrates his theory of ideas by showing that the world man senses and tries to understand, actually only is a dim representation of the real world. We know the allegory for its light and shadow; however, there is also sound and echo in the cave. In this article, I disc...

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Main Author: Edvin Ostergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2019-05-01
Series:Phenomenology & Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/pandpr/index.php/pandpr/article/view/29372