The story about leaving the cave represents how the soul gets closer to understanding these forms—it’s like a picture of discovering things and seeing them in a new light. Plato also considers ...

In his own time, though, Plato was attacked for the notion that we are no better off than those dwellers in the famous allegory of the cave who saw only the shadows of what was real, not reality ...

An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction.

There are few works as unsettling as “The Republic.” Not because of its complexity or reputation but because it refuses to let us hide from the hardest questions: What is justice? Is it even possible?