(idm) Re:

From wells
Sent Thu, Nov 5th 1998, 06:19
At 05:45 PM 11/4/98 -0500, Rjyan C Kidwell wrote:
>
>Oh god.  You KNOW what happens when the philosopher comes back to
>the depths of the cave from the light above.  He tries to rattle the
>chains of 
>those in the cave and they KILL him.  This is one of the central ideas of
>the
>cave allegory, probably the most elementary of all of Plato's lessons in
>the
>Republic.
>

what are you talking about?

the allegory of the cave has zero to do with that sort of thing.

:: wells oliver / xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx
:: 'try to smile as they devour our youth'