What do you think are the main themes Socrates is explaining in this allegory? Cite passages for examples.

What do you think are the main themes Socrates is explaining in this allegory? Cite passages for examples.

Plato, The Republic, Book VII – Socrates and the Allegory of the Cave (Greece, Fourth Century BCE)

You must choose one and only one of the twelve primary sources that are listed below and posted on Moodle, and read the source in its entirety. It would be helpful to read the source at least twice so that you fully comprehend it. Then, you must write a paper in which you answer directed essay questions about that primary source reading. Your paper must be no less than four and no more than five pages in length, double-spaced, 12-point font, with flush margins, perfectly lined up on the left and right sides of each page.