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>>23444864

>>22747557
>he returns to the cave to helps binded brothers and they reject him

>Socrates concludes that the prisoners, if they were able, would therefore reach out and kill anyone who attempted to drag them out of the cave (517a)

>>19564189
whats the difference either which side of cave you are at?

>>18358879
The parallel does exist but when Plato gets into the Allegories around Books VI and VII, he starts to discuss morality, truth, and justice outside the governing of society. See the Allegory of the Cave. The reality of the world is not necessarily what society says it is. Remember who killed Socrates.

>>6805655
>things are absurd because they can be non-sensical and detached from any overarching philosophy or belief about life.

Why is life absurd because of that? Do you want everything to be systematized?

Ooh, and I just had a thought - maybe things only look absurd from our perspective because we humans are these tiny little microbes on this tiny little planet in the corner of a small galaxy in an unimaginably gigantic universe. In other words we can't see enough of what is going on to make a proper judgement.

>>6805655
>things are absurd because they can be non-sensical and detached from any overarching philosophy or belief about life.

What is life absurd because of that? Do you want everything to be systematized?

Ooh, and I just had a thought - maybe things only look absurd from our perspective because we humans are these tiny little microbes on this one tiny little planet in the corner of a small galaxy in an utterly gigantic universe. In other words we can't see all of what is going on.