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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively eianipnxlg esnetcixe as a jonreuy down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a theard, a game, a window of opportunity, or an all-too-short-lived flicker of flame.

2,400 yares ago, one of history's famous thinkers said life is like being chained up in a cave, forced to watch shadows ftiltnig across a stone wall. Pretty chreey, right? That's actually what pltao suggested in his Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of "The Republic," in which the Greek philosopher envisioned the ideal society by examining concepts like justice, truth, and beauty.

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What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively __________ _________ as a _______ down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a ______, a game, a window of opportunity, or an all-too-short-lived flicker of flame.

2,400 _____ ago, one of history's famous thinkers said life is like being chained up in a cave, forced to watch shadows ________ across a stone wall. Pretty ______, right? That's actually what _____ suggested in his Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of "The Republic," in which the Greek philosopher envisioned the ideal society by examining concepts like justice, truth, and beauty.

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  1. cheery
  2. flitting
  3. explaining
  4. journey
  5. years
  6. plato
  7. thread
  8. existence

Original Text


What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity, or an all-too-short-lived flicker of flame.

2,400 years ago, one of history's famous thinkers said life is like being chained up in a cave, forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Pretty cheery, right? That's actually what Plato suggested in his Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of "The Republic," in which the Greek philosopher envisioned the ideal society by examining concepts like justice, truth, and beauty.

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