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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
The idea of the good is not sensible, although the sun is.
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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
Unity with the idea of the good through the knowledge that is virtue is painful at first, just as seeing the sun is painful in the cave analogy.
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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
Knowing the good is the best activity for those who actually achieve it, just as those in the cave story who see the sun do not want to leave its vision to return to the illusions of the cave.
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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
The idea of the good shares itself in ideas and in the things that participate in them, just as the sun is the source of existence and visibility of things in the cave analogy.
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In the cave analogy, which is NOT a likeness between the idea of the good and the sun?
{ 1 } - They are both sensible.
{ 2 } - At first, seeing them is painful.
{ 3 } - One prefers knowledge of them to any other activity.
{ 4 } - They both share themselves in everything else.
{ 5 } - Everything depends on them for existence and vision.
For Socrates and Plato, everything depends on the idea of the good, communication or sharing, for existence and knowledge, just as in the cave analogy everything depends on the sun, both for its existence and for being visible.
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