What is Real?

Allegory is the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence

ALLEGORY = A SYMBOLIC NARRATIVE

The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato’s Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in the Book 7 of his work Republic (514a–520a)

  • Compares “the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature”
  • Written as a dialogue between Plato’s brother Glaucon and the narrator, his mentor Socrates.


Fate vs. Free will
TRUTH/KNOWLEDGE = FREE WILL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9vGMMPM5Lg

  1. What does the red pill symbolize?
  2. What does the blue pill symbolize?