Section 5.3 Greek and Hellenistic Culture

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Please read this text in its entirety. The Allegory of the Cave describes four stages through which a person has to pass to get a proper education. Please, try to answer the following two questions: What do shadows and the sun stand for? And what exactly do you think getting out of the cave symbolizes?

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