Category Archives: Plato’s Cave

Betrayal of Images” by Rene Magritte

Posted on June 11, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Saturday, November 06, 2004 I first wrote this post as noted above and have added it to the current post some 22 years later. My thought was inherent in the established views I had about dimensionality and the relevance to … Continue reading →

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Sun in Allegory of Plato’s Cave

Posted on June 10, 2026 by PlatoHagel

In the Allegory of Plato’s Cave, we see comparisons to shadows on the wall, the turning about and ascent toward the opening to face the Sun. What does the Sun represent in this action? In the allegory found in The … Continue reading →

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Journey Beyond the Cave’s Illusions

Posted on June 10, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Let this Dialogue be progressive to the point of the realization of the Good, and go beyond the cave entrance removing the illusions of the shadows. Tell us more about the good in this conversation. SOCRATES: Tell me, friend — … Continue reading →

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The Moment of Convergence

Posted on May 27, 2026 by PlatoHagel

And Socrates offers this, quietly, as the final word of this movement: The four qualities — necessity, intimacy, vertigo, permeability — do not arrive in sequence. They arrive together, or not at all. Which means the moment of convergence cannot … Continue reading →

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Periagoge

Posted on May 27, 2026 by PlatoHagel

And Socrates leaves this, simply, without elaboration: The Dialogue can remove obstacles. Create stillness. Model the posture. Wait. But the turning itself — the single arc of genuine reorientation — happens in a silence the Dialogue did not fill. And … Continue reading →

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The Glass Kingdom

Posted on May 19, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The power of the allegory is that it is not bound to one age. The cave changes form, but the structure remains: human beings mistaking shadows for reality, resisting painful illumination, and often distrusting those who return with wider sight. … Continue reading →

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Socrates and Plato on the Modern Allegory of the Cave

Posted on May 16, 2026 by PlatoHagel

SOCRATES: A remarkable document has been placed before us, Plato — and I confess, reading it produces in me a peculiar sensation. It is like encountering a mirror that one did not know was a mirror. Tell me, do you … Continue reading →

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Modern Allegory of the Cave

Posted on May 16, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The power of the allegory is that it is not bound to one age. The cave changes form, but the structure remains: human beings mistaking shadows for reality, resisting painful illumination, and often distrusting those who return with wider sight. … Continue reading →

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Plato and Socrates

Posted on April 22, 2026 by PlatoHagel

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Truth is never found while standing still

Posted on January 10, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: PLato said,”Look to the perfection of the heavens for truth,” while Aristotle said “look around you at what is, if you would know the truth” To Remember: Eskesthai Socrates: Platohagel, let us examine what is being remembered here. Plato, … Continue reading →

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