Plato was born 427 B.C. and died 347 B.C.. During his studies, Plato wrote the Dialogues, which are a collection of Socrates' teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is "The Allegory of the Cave". Plato illustrates his dualistic theory of reality at the beginning of Book VII of the Republic. Socrates says, as he introduces the allegory, imagine mankind as living in an underground cave which has a wide entrance open to …showed first 75 words of 1075 total…

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