| Plato - Philosophers, Ancient - 1875 - 738 pages
...and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them ; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners... | |
| Plato - Political ethics - 1881 - 532 pages
...and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them ; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners... | |
| William Samuel Lilly - Philosophy and religion - 1884 - 414 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette-players put up in front of their... | |
| David Riddle Breed - Egypt - 1891 - 436 pages
...have their legs and their necks chained so that they cannot move and can only see before them, hut the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance. They see only their... | |
| Religions - 1892 - 850 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them, a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette players in ancient Greece put... | |
| Religions - 1892 - 880 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them, a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette players in ancient Greece put... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Anthologies - 1896 - 466 pages
...childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning their heads around. At a distance above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing, and between... | |
| John Grier Hibben - Philosophy - 1898 - 220 pages
...from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if ydu look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of... | |
| John Grier Hibben - Philosophy - 1898 - 220 pages
...childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners... | |
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