Plato's allegory of the cave is one of the great stories of philosophy, it allowed us to understand how the philosopher perceived the world.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604. Source: Wikimedia Commons The Allegory of the Cave (circa 380 BCE) Human beings spend all their lives in an ...

The End tells the story of a wealthy family who survived the collapse of the climate and civilisation in a bunker inside an abandoned mine. Before the collapse they were rich, and they continue to ...

In his version of The Allegory of the Cave, Greek artist and photographer Yiannis Biliris takes Plato’s allegory for a spin. Biliris incorporates theories such as quantum mechanics and multiverse into ...

An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction.

Some 2400 years ago, Greek philosopher, Plato wrote a narrative called “The Allegory of the Cave.” In this parable Plato puts forth a theory concerning human perception, distinguishing between sensory ...