Escaping Plato’s Cave as a Mystical Experience: A Survey in Sufi Literature
This paper puts forward a mystical reading of Plato’s <i>Allegory of the Cave</i> by comparing it with some allegories from Sufi literature, Islamic mystical tradition. The paper argues that the determining parts of the allegory, such as escaping the cave as the world of shadows; seeing...
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MDPI AG
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/10/970 |