Seems accurate, except for the 'except Plato' bit.
The funny thing about Plato's "the parable of the cave" is that it is basically just "the parable of how everyone is stupid except Plato."
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Plato is only telling us how stupid he is before he get out of the cave and see the light through philosophy contemplation.
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Sometimes the work of every great philosopher can be reduced to this: the world would be better if people were like me.
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Not true. Easy jokes may work but aren't always the smart ones.
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Except Socrates.... And it's an allegory - parable has a different connotation.
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Also - no one can deliver themselves from their own chains -except the prophet. Plato did not think he was the prophet.
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Hey, I thought you already did this joke. Then I remembered it was probably
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Sounds exactly like what a lowly, chained prisoner would say
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