R7 The Cave | Plato's Republic, book 7 w/ Ben Morison
Ancient Greece Declassified
English - April 30, 2022 08:08 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 446 ratingsHistory Education Courses interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The cave analogy, which takes up the majority of book 7 of the Republic, is one of the most famous passages in all of western philosophy.
In this episode, we are joined by Ben Morison, professor of philosophy at Princeton, to dive deep into the allegory and unpack its various levels of meaning.