Motif
cave as confined field of perception
cave_as_confined_field_of_perception
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4241-4307 confidence: high
The cave or den represents the narrow sphere of politics or law, while the light of eternal ideas disturbs the minds of those who return to the lower world.
The den or cave is explicitly treated as the lower, narrow sphere in which inhabitants measure shadows and fail to share the perspective of those who ascended.
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