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The Seventh Book Of Plato's Republic

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In the seventh book of Plato's republic there are several important symbols that mean many different things. All these symbols are mostly from the descriptions of the cave in which it closely resembles a cinema. A cinema where people are shackled, forced to watch the images that are presented in front of them. They have no other alternative, their necks are shackled to forever watch these images. Images made of statues that cast a shadow from a ledge above moved by other people which I can only assume as their captors. These shadows would project themselves onto the wall and play out stories and since these are the only images these prisoners ever see they believe that whatever is displayed on the wall is life. The only way a prisoner can

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