 | Frank Wilczek, Betsy Devine - 1989 - 388 páginas
...image, and these are strange people," said the musician. "Like ourselves," replied the philosopher, "they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of...the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave." The mystic was not unhappy with this, as far as it went, but had something to add. "There are an infinity... | |
 | Michael Griffin - 1992 - 88 páginas
...wall (The Republic, Book Seven). The dialogue Plato constructs ends with the following exchange: This is a strange image, he said, and they are strange...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would see only the shadows? Yes, he... | |
 | Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - 1992 - 324 páginas
...which appear over the wall? Some of them are talking, others silent. You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would only see the shadows? Yes, he... | |
 | Rolando Hinojosa - 1993 - 204 páginas
...materials; and some of the prisoners, as you would expect, are talking, and some of them are silent? This is a strange image, he said, and they are strange...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would see only their shadows? Yes, he... | |
 | Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen - 1997 - 348 páginas
...wood and stone and various materials, which appear over the wall? You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would only see the shadows? Yes, he... | |
 | Randall P. Bezanson - 1998 - 232 páginas
...strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I replied; and they [the prisoners] see only their own shadows or the shadows of one another,...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would only see the shadows? Yes, he... | |
 | Russell G. Congalton, Kass Green - 2002 - 160 páginas
...screen which marionette players have in front of them over which they show puppets ... [The prisoners] see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one...which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave .... To them ... the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. (Plato, The Republic,... | |
 | Michael Macrone - 1999 - 284 páginas
...marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets — [They are like ourselves,] and they see only their own shadows, or the shadows...the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave." Plato, Republic, Book 7 Plato (ca. 428-348 BC) did not think this the best of all possible worlds.... | |
 | Nancy Kress - 1999 - 364 páginas
...convergence is actually going. "Behold! Human beings living in an underground den. . . . Like ourselves, they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of...one another, which the fire throws on the opposite walls of the cave. " —Plato, The Republic I ROSE FROM THE BED, LEAVING DlANE SPRAWLED ACROSS THE... | |
 | Antonio T. De Nicolás - 2000 - 582 páginas
...which appear over the wall? Some of them are talking, others silent. You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I...shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? And of the objects which are being carried in like manner they would only see the shadows? Yes, he... | |
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You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I replied; and they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave? 
