Describe platos allegory of the cave

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In one paragraph, describe Plato's allegory of the cave as related by Socrates to his conversational companions. In a second paragraph, discuss what the several stages of the freed prisoner's journey symbolize regarding the individual's transition from a state of ignorance to a state of enlightenment. In a third paragraph, explain the implications of Plato's view of human knowledge for a scientific understanding of the world.

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