Recently, ten students (who have chosen to remain anonymous) at Gufts were handed a photocopied excerpt of The Republic of Plato. Specifically, the so-called Allegory of the Cave. Asked to comment, several of these students claimed to have been exposed to this work previously at Gufts, one Jewish male even stating, "My God. If I have to read this fucking allegory one more time I will throw a [Jewish] fit." The Gource, while it does not support Jewish fits, also is of the fact that it is time our educational system jettisoned the Allegory.
First of all, it is widely known that both Socrates and Plato believed in having sex with children. Even by today's standards, this is absolutely unacceptable. When did we s
tart taking advice from pedophiles? Next we will allow alcoholics to hold positions of political power. What if they throw up on a foreign dignitary, or drunk-dial the Big Red Button? Or even Red Buttons?
That aside, even if Socrates had sex with one or more women, like a regular person, the Allegory of the Cave is not fit to be taught in the classroom. First of all, it is not an allegory. Modern research shows that this was an actual event in Socrates' life, the time he was chained up underground, and his passing it off as an allegory is merely a duplicitous attempt to mislead modern readers.
Even if it weren't true, it makes absolutely no sense. Just because a person has never seen the sun does not mean that what they perceive does not exist. Someone standing outside would be observing something different, not necessarily something better. Example: even if you read nothing but The Grimary Gource, it would not mean that it was illusory. In fact, quite the contrary.
That's just fact.
First of all, it is widely known that both Socrates and Plato believed in having sex with children. Even by today's standards, this is absolutely unacceptable. When did we s
tart taking advice from pedophiles? Next we will allow alcoholics to hold positions of political power. What if they throw up on a foreign dignitary, or drunk-dial the Big Red Button? Or even Red Buttons?That aside, even if Socrates had sex with one or more women, like a regular person, the Allegory of the Cave is not fit to be taught in the classroom. First of all, it is not an allegory. Modern research shows that this was an actual event in Socrates' life, the time he was chained up underground, and his passing it off as an allegory is merely a duplicitous attempt to mislead modern readers.
Even if it weren't true, it makes absolutely no sense. Just because a person has never seen the sun does not mean that what they perceive does not exist. Someone standing outside would be observing something different, not necessarily something better. Example: even if you read nothing but The Grimary Gource, it would not mean that it was illusory. In fact, quite the contrary.
That's just fact.
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If such an upstanding publication had been in existence in the late 90s, we may have avoided history's longest staged dance-party.
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