Bruja [she/her, love/loves] to philosophy • 2 years agoyou need to go outexternal-linkmessage-square26 fedilinkarrow-up176
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minus-squarerandomquery [none/use name,any]hexbear5·edit-22 years agoWasn't Plato cave story's point that the real world is fake (so stay inside I guess and don't touch grass)? link
minus-squareTerminalEncounter [she/her]hexbear17·2 years agoNo way, it's that if you go back in to the cave after having seen the light and seen that the shadows are not the actual object the other prisoners will get really mad at you and deny that anything you say is true. link
minus-squarerandomquery [none/use name,any]hexbear3·2 years agoOk I concede that, but still the shadows for him tend to refer to the real world, as far as I understand. link
minus-squarerandomquery [none/use name,any]hexbear3·2 years agoYes sorry what @GarbageShoot says is what I meant: The material world, which is what people refer to when they say "touch grass" or "go outside". link
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear4·2 years ago The soul must learn, by degrees, to endure the contemplation of Being and the luminous realms This is why no one goes straight from chud to ML. You need to pass through several degrees of liberalism first. link
Wasn't Plato cave story's point that the real world is fake (so stay inside I guess and don't touch grass)?
No way, it's that if you go back in to the cave after having seen the light and seen that the shadows are not the actual object the other prisoners will get really mad at you and deny that anything you say is true.
Ok I concede that, but still the shadows for him tend to refer to the real world, as far as I understand.
No, quite the opposite.
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Yes sorry what @GarbageShoot says is what I meant: The material world, which is what people refer to when they say "touch grass" or "go outside".
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This is why no one goes straight from chud to ML. You need to pass through several degrees of liberalism first.