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Plato’s Myth

Plato’s Myth

What truths about the human condition is Plato’s Myth of the Cave meant to convey?

What truths about the human condition is Plato’s Myth of the Cave meant to convey?150 words for this question alone. Do you think that being self-interested is a bad thing? If so, Why or why not? another 150 words for this question. Please make sure each question has its own paragraph

 

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Plato’s myth of the cave is an allegory that tries to compare the effect of education and the absence of the same. Plato’s cave metaphor conveys the truth about humans and how their minds work according to the exposure they get from them. The reality and the perceived things are entirely different for the person who sees the things in a variety of ways (PLATO, 2017). The human mind is likened to a prisoner who has been in the cave all his life. The mind of that prisoner is used to seeing the same things………………………….

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