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29.10.2020 • 
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In this excerpt, Socrates explains how one of the prisoners is removed from the underground den. Socrates: And suppose once more, that he is reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent, and held fast until he’s forced into the presence of the sun himself, is he not likely to be pained and irritated? When he approaches the light his eyes will be dazzled, and he will not be able to see anything at all of what are now called realities. Glaucon: Not all in a moment. Socrates: He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves; then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven; and he will see the sky and the stars by night better than the sun or the light of the sun by day? Glaucon: Certainly. –"Allegory of the Cave," Plato Which observation about human behavior is expressed in this part of the all

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