Plato's allegory of the cave focuses on:
A. the reliability of sense experience.
B. the need for philosophers to mind their own business.
C. our need to be extricated from bondage so we can perceive the real world and help others do the same.
D. our primordial desire to retreat from the dangerous world into the safety of darkness.
E. the futility of all philosophical speculation.
Answer: C. our need to be extricated from bondage so we can perceive the real world and help others do the same.
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