@article {649228,
	title = {Translation from Plato{\textquoteright}s Republic 514b{\textendash}518d ("Allegory of the Cave")},
	journal = {Ahiman: A Review of Masonic Culture and Tradition},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {73-78},
	abstract = {Plato{\textquoteright}s famous allegory of the cave, written around 380 BCE, is one of the most important and influential passages of The Republic, and is considered a staple of Western literature. It vividly illustrates the concept of Idealism as it was taught in the Platonic Academy. In this dialogue, Socrates (the main speaker) explains to Plato{\textquoteright}s brother Glaukon that we all resemble captives who are chained deep within a cavern, who do not yet realize that there is more to reality than the shadows they observe fleeting across the rock wall before them.},
	author = {Shawn Eyer}
}
