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       *4 ; THE ALLEGORY 
       By: alphaomega Date: July 2, 2012, 10:52 pm
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       Plato tells a story;
       All of mankind is in a cave. They have been chained
       (including their heads) and can only face forward and look at
       the wall that is in front of them. Behind them there is a fire
       where  PUPPETEERS  hold objects in front of that fire. This
       causes shadows to be projected upon the wall that is in front of
       mankind. Mankind believes these shadows to be “true reality” for
       this is all that mankind has ever seen. In the course of time
       ONE MAN ESCAPES his chains and turns around. He sees the
       puppeteers for the first time, he now knows who and what they
       are. Looking around, he sees an opening in the cave.  Outside
       the cave there is light, this is the world of CREATED
       PERFECTION.
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       The one man who escaped leaves the cave and
       ventures out into the light of the world of created perfection.
       The light from this world is hard on the eyes of the man who
       escaped for he is used to the low light conditions of the cave.
       As time passes though, his eyes do begin to adjust to the light
       of this world. Now, for the very first time he sees “true
       reality”. He now feels obligated to go back to the cave and free
       mankind from the deception of the puppeteers.
       He is surprised to find those in the cave do
       not believe him about the world of created perfection and that
       the shadows on the wall are not “true reality”, and in fact most
       ridicule him. The man who escaped is determined to guide (those
       who will listen) out of the dark into the light of the world of
       created perfection. After that, (with the help of those who came
       out of the cave) maybe they can go back and force the rest to
       escape the cave.  The man who escaped feels morally responsible
       to mankind, and seeks to do this for the good of mankind.
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