Two Animations of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: One Narrated by Orson Welles, Another Made with Clay

Two Animations of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: One Narrated by Orson Welles, Another Made with Clay

“The ever-flickering lights, the ever-present screen, the stupefied spectators immune to a larger reality and in need of sudden enlightenment—Plato’s allegory of the cave from Book VII of The Republic … lends itself to compellingly brief visual interpretations… .”