@inbook{5de4f32d2e294df6b7d4e36fac7ebd85,
title = "The Cave before Plato",
abstract = "My subject is the Cave before Plato. Indeed, my thesis is that there was a Cave before Plato. Much like Plato{\textquoteright}s myths, I contend, the Cave was not his invention, but his adoption and repurposing of an established cosmic-eschatological scheme. Although nothing crucial turns on the label, I am happy to call this background Pythagorean. The study is preliminary in that it concentrates on the background to Plato{\textquoteright}s Cave. Nevertheless, getting the background right is important because it reveals an overlooked feature that the Cave shares with Plato{\textquoteright}s cosmic myths of judgement, including the myth of Er. That feature is that our current life is set in Hades. ",
keywords = "Plato, afterlife, cave",
author = "Simon Trepanier",
year = "2023",
month = dec,
day = "4",
language = "English",
series = "Edinburgh Leventis Studies",
publisher = "Edinburgh University Press",
editor = "McCabe, {Mary Margaret} and Simon Tr{\'e}panier",
booktitle = "Re-Reading Plato{\textquoteright}s Republic",
address = "United Kingdom",
}