Plato's caven.

Brit.

/ˌpleɪtəʊz ˈkeɪv/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪdoʊz ˈkeɪv/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Plato , cave n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Plato (see Platonic adj. and n.) + cave n.¹

An imaginary cave in which prisoners are kept in such a way that all they can see are shadows created by puppeteers behind them, used by Plato (Republic VII.) as an allegory to explain the relationship between our perception of reality and the realm of ideas or forms (see idea n. 1a), the awareness of which is made possible by an ‘escape’ into the light of intellectual understanding. Hence allusive: something likened to Plato's cave, esp. a situation in which a person experiences something merely by observation, or which appears unreal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > unreality > an unreal thing or appearance

phantasma1398

chimera1587

mockerya1616

Scotch mist1647

tanquam1654

Plato's cave1683

unreal1825

1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. x. 42 Let's know where was Plato's cave, that bred many a Simple Slave.

1794 Astrologer's Mag. 78/2 I defer saying any thing further, and retire from those puffed up Placidians into Plato's cave.

1854 H. Rogers Defence of ‘Eclipse of Faith’ 56 A gradual ascent from the depths of something worse than Plato's cave—a gradual advance from the ‘old barbarism’ and ‘Fetichism’.

1906 Classical Rev. 20 267 A reader accustomed to the vagaries of Blass' distinguished predecessors..feels that he has escaped from Plato's cave into the light.

1938 Times 17 Oct. 17/6 In these things we have come nearer reality, farther out of Plato's cave into the sun than is within the power of transitory events to rob us of.

1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 13 Nov. 104 Before a series of Rothkos, you stand in Plato's cave, lost in many shadows, but conscious of a single source of great light.

2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Sept. I was looking forward to abandoning my Plato's cave for an authentic experience.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platos cave
释义	Plato's caven. Brit. /ˌpleɪtəʊz ˈkeɪv/, U.S. /ˈpleɪdoʊz ˈkeɪv/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Plato , cave n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Plato (see Platonic adj. and n.) + cave n.¹ An imaginary cave in which prisoners are kept in such a way that all they can see are shadows created by puppeteers behind them, used by Plato (Republic VII.) as an allegory to explain the relationship between our perception of reality and the realm of ideas or forms (see idea n. 1a), the awareness of which is made possible by an ‘escape’ into the light of intellectual understanding. Hence allusive: something likened to Plato's cave, esp. a situation in which a person experiences something merely by observation, or which appears unreal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > unreality > an unreal thing or appearance phantasma1398 chimera1587 mockerya1616 Scotch mist1647 tanquam1654 Plato's cave1683 unreal1825 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. x. 42 Let's know where was Plato's cave, that bred many a Simple Slave. 1794 Astrologer's Mag. 78/2 I defer saying any thing further, and retire from those puffed up Placidians into Plato's cave. 1854 H. Rogers Defence of ‘Eclipse of Faith’ 56 A gradual ascent from the depths of something worse than Plato's cave—a gradual advance from the ‘old barbarism’ and ‘Fetichism’. 1906 Classical Rev. 20 267 A reader accustomed to the vagaries of Blass' distinguished predecessors..feels that he has escaped from Plato's cave into the light. 1938 Times 17 Oct. 17/6 In these things we have come nearer reality, farther out of Plato's cave into the sun than is within the power of transitory events to rob us of. 1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 13 Nov. 104 Before a series of Rothkos, you stand in Plato's cave, lost in many shadows, but conscious of a single source of great light. 2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Sept. I was looking forward to abandoning my Plato's cave for an authentic experience. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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