Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: meaning, interpretation, and modern-day examples
What the “cave” is about The allegory appears in Book VII of Plato’s Republic (514a–520a). Socrates describes people chained in an underground cave who spend…
Descartes: “I think, therefore I am” (cogito ergo sum)
The famous formula first appeared in French as “Je pense, donc je suis” in Discourse on the Method (1637). Later, Descartes also uses the Latin…
Socrates: “I know that I know nothing”
“I know that I know nothing” is one of the most frequently quoted “Socratic” lines. It symbolizes intellectual humility and the core of the so-called…
