In Jiang's account, the visible world is a lesser imitation or shadow of a higher world of perfect forms.
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Shadow World
In Jiang's account, the visible world is a lesser imitation or shadow of a higher world of perfect forms.
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"So this is an allegory. And behind the allegory, there is an understanding of reality, a philosophy, a religion, okay? So here is the..."
"But this is all perfection. And from this higher world comes the lesser world, the reality we live in. So everything that we see..."
"...the god, the good. And the good emanates and creates the shadow world, which is the world that we live in. But our goal..."
"...tell everyone, hey man, this world we're living in, it's a shadow world. It's a prison."
"...matter who cares if they control this world it's a fake shadow world ignore them just focus on the pursuit of knowledge because that..."
"...art, right? Movies, because movies are just a shadow of the shadow world. If the world we live in is fake, and movies, all..."
"...can say is just heaven. We live in something called a shadow world which is just an imitation of heaven. It's a bad imitation..."
"...in the Cave. Right? The idea that we live in a shadow world and the truth is out there but we have to seek..."
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