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Explain this in two simple and understandable sentences; one of plato's most vivid metaphors,the Allegory of the cave, illustrates thale journey from ignorance to knowledge. In the Allegory, prisoners are bound in a cave, observing only shadows cast on a wall vy objects passing infront of a fire behind them

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In the Allegory of the Cave, prisoners are trapped in a dark cave and can only see shadows on a wall, which they believe to be reality. When one prisoner escapes and discovers the real world outside, he realizes that the shadows were just illusions, representing the journey from ignorance to true knowledge.

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