Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...

In his famous cave allegory, the Greek philosopher Plato sought to show a way toward enlightenment. Today, Houston Methodist Hospital is using 3-D technology in its own Plato's Cave in hopes of ...

Near the Acropolis, there are caves. In this birthplace of democracy known as Athens Greece, tradition tells us that some 25 centuries ago, one of these caves was Socrates’ prison. Today, these caves ...

You’re a prisoner, held in a dark cave. Your hands are tied behind you and you can only look straight ahead at the cave wall. Your captors keep you occupied by putting objects on it. To pass the time ...

Strictly speaking, there can be no biography of Plato — only what Carol Atack calls a “biographical tradition.” Exactly when he was born, exactly where he traveled, and to what extent his famous ...

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 ...

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 ...