POL S211 Lecture Notes - Diapering, Cardinal Virtues, Timocracy
7 Nov 2012
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Pol s 210 notes book 7 monday september 22 2012. Something we cannot express in its pure form, only through metaphors. It is an image of our character. We all begin as prisoners of convention. It is possible, however, to move away from this and experience higher forms of knowledge. There are people who have been in the cave since childhood, they can only see the wall in front of them. However, there is an elevated walk way and further than that a fire burning, people behind us are carrying various objects, the puppeteers voices bounce off the walls. The people in this cave assume that the shadows are real things, the prisoners mistake the shadows for real things or people. The first thing one sees when they leave the cave, is their own reflection in the water, it is too bright to look directly in the sun right now. The real problem of philosopher kings, is.
