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Discussion: Week 2
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Discussion: Week 2
Read the Allegory of the Cave from Plato’s Republic. Glaucon says the people in the story are “strange prisoners,” while Socrates replies that they are “like ourselves.” Why do you suppose Socrates compares us to these prisoners? Are you one of them?
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