Allan Bloom's Interpretation of Plato's Republic: Explanation 

Plato was one great mind, it is an honor to follow in his footsteps. You do a fine job drawing out the subtleties, and raising important points. Listen to me, you who are a true student of philosophy. The key to understanding Plato is understanding the knowledge he himself had, but is all but lost by our modern world. One really ought read The Ra Material. The topic of _densities,_ for one, correlates precisely to the divided line, the cave, and so on. The allegory is more literal than one might think. I leave you to discover if what I claim is true opinion with an account, or, a snare. The discussion of the two paths is central, too. Go forth! Someday I hope to make a presentation on this matter half as good as yours. Thank you.

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I have always had this feeling that Plato wrote Socrates to be this sort of Don Quixote type character, in the sense that its absurd to try and embody perfect ideals in an imperfect world, but have always been dissuaded from truly believing that because how serious and literal professors and people speak of him and the views his character is espousing. Just like Cervantes I believe Plato is pointing out the tension between this desire for perfect mental models we generate, so to speak, and the impossibility of actualizing those models in the natural world. I feel like they are missing the joke. Do you think this was the intention or am I just dumb lol?

Due to their desire to remain in complete control over Athens, the Thirty sought to exile or kill anyone who outwardly opposed their regime. Socrates remained in the city through this period, which caused the public to associate him with the Thirty and may have contributed to his eventual death sentence, Wikipedia

The “What is Accomplished” section sits well - The video I watched before this was on how the “New Atheists” were midwits.

interesting video. good points.