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How does Socrates use allegory to characterize the typical human being awareness

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While Socrates may or may not have, as Plato contended, defined man as a "featherless biped," Socrates definitely defined man as the species that creates ideas. Men thrive on ideas and live by their wits, not their brute strength. ... In the Phaedo Socrates argued that the external senses do not bring us closer to truth.

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