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"In this present life, I reckon that we make the nearest approach to knowledge when we have the least possible concern or interest in the body, and are not saturated with the bodily nature, but remain pure until the hour when God himself is pleased to release us. And then the foolishness of the body will be cleared away and we shall be pure and hold converse with other pure souls, and know of ourselves the clear light everywhere; and this is surely the light of truth."

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"But when returning into herself she reflects; then she passes into the realm of purity, and eternity, and immortality, and unchangeableness, which are her kindred, and with them she ever lives, when she is by herself and is not let or hindered; then she ceases from her erring ways, and being in communion with the unchanging is unchanging. And this state of the soul is called wisdom?"

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"beyond question the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will truly exist in another world!"

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #1

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #1

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"They are very much like us humans, I [Socrates] responded."

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"all men will agree that God, and the essential form of life, and the immortal in general, will never perish."

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"He would like, as far as he can, to be quit of the body and turn to the soul."

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #2

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #2

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"All in all, I responded, those who were chained would consider nothing besides the shadows of the artifacts as the unhidden."

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #3

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #3

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"It would obviously take some getting accustomed, I think, if it should be a matter of taking into one's eyes that which is up there outside the cave, in the light of the sun."

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #4

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #4

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"And having done all that, by this time he would also be able to gather the following about the sun: (1) that it is that which grants both the seasons and the years; (2) it is that which governs whatever there is in the now visible region of sunlight; and (3) that it is also the cause of all those things that the people dwelling in the cave have before they eyes in some way or other."

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #5

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Direct Quote from The Allegory of The Cave #5

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"And now, I responded, consider this: If this person who had gotten out of the cave were to go back down again and sit in the same place as before, would he not find in that case, coming suddenly out of the sunlight, that his eyes ere filled with darkness?"