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| | The Republic |
 | | In like manner the good may be said to be not only the author of knowledge to all things known, but of their being and essence, and yet the good is not essence, but far exceeds essence in dignity and power. |
 | | You have to imagine, then, that there are two ruling powers, and that one of them is set over the intellectual world, the other over the visible. |
 | | Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets. |
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