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saying to him, that what he saw before was an illusion, 

 but that now, when he is approaching nearer to being 

 and his eye is turned towards more real existence, he 

 has a clearer vision, what will be his reply? And 

 you may further imagine that his instructor is pointing 

 to the objects as they pass and requiring him to name 

 them, will he not be perplexed ? Will he not fancy 

 that the shadows which he formerly saw are truer than 

 the objects which are now shown to him? " 



PLATO. 



