PLATO’S_REPUBLIC,_BOOK VII,_THE_ALLEGORY_OF_THE_CAVE
The way to succeed in applying this Peace of Westphalia principle of the Advantage of the Other is by orienting properly all of the shadows of Plato’s Cave in the direction of their beneficial ends; that is, by manipulating them in such a way that they direct others toward a triply-connected unity of the beautiful, the just, and the good, which are related to a higher Quadrivium domain of knowledge, involving Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music. That is the key to understanding this fundamental Platonic dialogue.
