TedEd, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Alex Gendler)
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[Place of publication not identified] : TED,, [2015].
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Originally released by TED, 2015.
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Twenty four hundred years ago Plato one of history's most famous thinkers said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Beyond sounding quite morbid what exactly did he mean? Alex Gendler unravels Plato's Allegory of the Cave found in Book VII of The Republic.
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9 - 12, Academic/AP
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2015). TedEd, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Alex Gendler) . TED, .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)2015. TedEd, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Alex Gendler). TED.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)TedEd, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Alex Gendler) TED, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)TedEd, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Alex Gendler) TED, , 2015.
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