moviePig wrote:
> On May 20, 1:58 pm, Derek Janssen
nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> >>moviePig wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I think that's "Plato's Cave", a famous analogy I keep reading of, but
>>>suspect I've never fully grasped.
>>
>>We, umm....share that nagging suspicion too. :/
>>
>>(And bite our lip trying *not* to go down the easy road of invoking CS
>>Lewis cribbing both that and the athie misinterpretation of it outright
>>for the last Narnia book--
>>and because every time you mention Lewis' Narnia to an athie, he
>> instinctively turns into Philip Pullman and starts smearing Susan's
>> lipstick all over his face.)
(Which, when they bite for the easy bait, move their baggage into the
Pullman car and say, "Lipstick?...Aha, anti-feminism!", sure, it's *one
more damn time* that you have to say "Uh, think he was pointing out
dopey sophisticates who get too full of their own self-image?"--
But, the side effect is, it's still one more perfect nudge in the ribs
about "And where did he get THAT idea?", while gaining one more
Wrong-Answer point against dopes who hadn't done their homework before
the midterm.)
> Whether easy road or hard road... please do bring back *any* road
> apples you find that may explain your doubts about my grasp of Plato's
> Cave, as well as elucidating your own firm insights...
When we actually have the Jim Broadbent character in the seventh book
saying "Oh, it's all in Plato!", there's really not much I can add, here.
(And as for the other obvious metaphor you may pick up on on first read,
remember, Lewis'd been there, Type A from the age o' seven, wore every
uniform in the athie closet for half his life, and KNEW whereof he spoke.
Basic rule: You wanna talk about drinking, you don't talk to the
Salvation Army, you talk to a recovering AA member.) ;)
Derek Janssen
ejans@
comcast.net
