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Plato and Narrativity Over Strict Definition
9 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen June 11th, 2006 in Ancient Philosophy, PlatoIn preparing for my lecture this week on Plato (for an introduction to philosophy course), I was reviewing the famous allegory of the cave from the seventh chapter of the Republic, and was struck by Plato’s emphasis on the explanatory power of narrativity over strict definition. Though there are numerous aspects upon which one could [...]


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