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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
In the cave analogy, one must be led out of the cave to see the sun. Thus education is
symbolized as a prerequisite of knowing the good.
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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
The rough and steep ascent from the cave which symbolizes knowledge is not portrayed by Socrates as painless.
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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
The cave analogy symbolizes the conversion required for education by the turning around of the prisoner to face the light.
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For Socrates, the impossibility of putting vision into blind eyes symbolizes his thought that:
{ 1 } - one can know the good without education.
{ 2 } - education does not put knowledge into souls that don't possess it.
{ 3 } - education is not painful.
{ 4 } - education does not require conversion.
{ 5 } - vision is a poor symbol for knowledge.
On the contrary, Socrates recognized that vision is an excellent symbol for knowledge.
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