"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." With that statement, Plato - one of the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind - introduces one of his of most important philosophical constructs: the relationship between truth and the image of truth.
The Republic : Book VII
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The Complete Plato
The Republic
Laws
Summary of The Republic
Hippias Major : What Is Beauty? – Plato’s Dialogue on Aesthetics and the Search for Universal Truth
Crito : Justice, Duty, and Civil Disobedience – Socrates’ Reflections from His Prison Cell
Menexenus : Plato’s Satirical Funeral Oration – Patriotism, Politics, and the Use of Rhetoric
Epinomis : The Sequel to Laws – A Late Dialogue on Astronomy, Theology, and the Nature of the Divine
Hippias Minor : A Dialogue on Lying and Intention – Can the Better Man Do Wrong on Purpose?
Minos : What Is Law? – Plato’s Fragmentary Dialogue on Justice and Political Philosophy
Second Alcibiades : Self-Knowledge and Prayer – Plato’s Dialogue on Piety, Deliberation, and the Limits of Political Ambition