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" ... from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads. "
The Useless Servants - Page 11
by Rolando Hinojosa - 1993 - 194 pages
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Ancient Religion and Modern Thought

William Samuel Lilly - 1884 - 414 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette-players put up in front of their...
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Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative ...

1892 - 850 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them, a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette players in ancient Greece put...
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Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative ...

1892 - 880 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them, a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette players in ancient Greece put...
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The Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Study of Philosophy

John Grier Hibben - 1898 - 220 pages
...from turning round their heads. Above and behind them the light of a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if ydu look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 11

1882 - 1114 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette-players put up in front of their...
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Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative ...

1911 - 844 pages
...nothing but what is straight before them. At a distance above and behind them, a bright fire burns, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, with a low wall built along it, like the screens which the marionette players in ancient Greece put...
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Public Opinion

Walter Lippmann - 1922 - 448 pages
...see before them; for the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads. At a distance above and behind them the...a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low teal! built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have before them, over which they...
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Philosophy of Religion

Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate - 2002 - 246 pages
...by the chains from turning their heads. Above and behind them there is a fire blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way and a low wall that makes the shadows cast on the wall appear on a stage. The prisoners are not aware that...
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An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom: An Essential and Existential Approach ...

James A. Harold - 2004 - 382 pages
...prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind afire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets. I...
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The Parallax View

Slavoj Zizek - 2009 - 445 pages
...heads are as well, so that their eyes are fixed on a wall. Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way, along which men carry shapes of various animals, plants, and other things. The shapes cast shadows...
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