Jeremy Gilkison

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The human soul, which bears the largest share of that spiritual radiance that fills all material creation, feels that upward tug the most. We don’t have to be dragged forcibly out of the cave to see the light, either, as Socrates seemed to suggest in the Republic. Instead we are gently pulled out by our own innate attraction to perfection: because that perfection is our own true self.
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
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