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The effect of education and the lack of it in nature People living imprisoned in a cave Don’t know anything outside of the world Shadows from the light of fire People think they are sophisticated, discussing about the shadows in cave Someone discovers out of the cave “Previously he had been looking merely at phantoms; now he is nearer to the true nature of being.” Newly enlightened man came back into the cave explaining what the outside world is like. Cave dwellers very angry and plotted to kill him About the life of all enlightened people The cave dwellers human before philosophy Sun represents light of reason Alienation of returned philosophers is what all truth tellers can expect when they take their knowledge back to people who have not devoted themselves to thinking Superficial things like fame, perfect partner infinitely less real than we suppose Panthoms projected by our culture to instill in our flawed minds No one chooses to be in a cave If you are one of the people that tells they are wrong, you are nowhere to be in life Carefully administered philosophical education Method of inquiry called socratic method Wisdom starts with owning up to ignorance...