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Plato's Cave
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Mythical
Psychological
An adaptation of Plato's allegory of the Cave. A man chained in a cave is miraculously released and discovers that the shadows he has always thought were reality are just a reflection of a deeper truth.
The Stolen Light
» Graphic Novel » Unknown
Monsters
Mythical
Psychological
Plato's Allegory of the Cave is a philosophical nightmare set in a vast, cold abyss where humanity is physically "shot cold" into the rock, chained and forced to worship the flat, fleeting shadows cast by a pathetic "stolen light." The entire society is a tragic hierarchy built on guessing the patterns of these silhouettes, until a single prisoner is violently wrenched free—a painful, agonizing...
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
» Graphic Novel » Education
Political
Plato’s Republic is one of the most important works of both philosophy and political theory in the Western canon. Arguably the most famous section of the Republic appears at the start of book VII, The Allegory of the Cave, which explores the effects of education on how we perceive the world around us. The famous allegory is adapted here into the comics medium.
As a Socratic Dialogue the...