The eclipse argument says that if the moon were truly hollow in the relevant way, sunlight would show through it during an eclipse, and because that does not happen the first hypothesis collapses.
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"And more... What did I hear? And more, where rarity the cause of the dim spots... Sorry, sorry....question empowers... Anyway, I'll just repeat it...."
"...that what you mean by God, the way that we get sunlight and water and God gives us everything, our substances and what we..."
"...change he goes up into the real world where there is sunlight and he sees the truth right and now he's able to see..."
"...in order for the beans to climb in order to reach sunlight. Okay? The bean will fertilize the corn and squash by releasing nitrogen..."
"...it's painful because his eyes are not trained to see the sunlight, okay? So the sunlight, it's like burning him, okay?"
"...in the pool. But then he slowly acclimatizes himself to the sunlight and he starts to see the world around him. And it's beautiful,..."
"...into the cave. Now remember, his eyes are now accustomed to sunlight. So in the cave, it's all dark. So he stumbles around. He..."
"...first reason is, who's the man who goes out in the sunlight and sees the truth? It's obviously Socrates, right? So with this allegory,..."
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