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How do you think Plato would respond to the cultural dominance of television and cinema? He’d be very alarmed. You can’t help but think immediately of his allegory of the cave in The Republic: The lowest form of consciousness is that of prisoners in the dark staring at images. He would be quite in despair. He would think that we were enchanted by the lowest form of thinking. To think is to be active; passivity is the death of the mind. theatlantic/entertainment/archive/2014/03/what-would-plato-think-of-tv/284222/
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:02:31 +0000

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