myth

  • 131Myth of the Cave — This article is about the Yedid suite. For Plato s allegorical story, see Allegory of the cave. Myth of the Cave is a suite in five movements for clarinet/bass clarinet, double bass and piano, composed by Yitzhak Yedid in Jerusalem, Israel, 2002 …

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  • 132myth of the cave — Not properly a myth, but the figure or allegory used by Plato in Bk. vii. 514–18 of the Republic, to demonstrate the degrees to which our natures may be enlightened, or unenlightened. At the first stage are prisoners, tied so that they can… …

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