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redpill me on the allegory of the cave

>>19952617
>People act different ways in different contexts.
I appreciate your response, and believe this to be the most critical point of your post. To clarify my question was less so about writing a "flawed character", and more about the juxtaposition of contradictory traits. When listing those conflicting sets of ideas and behaviors I wasn't thinking in terms of "positive and negative" or "a perfect balance of elements", but rather the writing that goes into a character with extreme dissonance.

If you consider the concept that all human beings are a mess of contradictions it's a question as simple as "How do I write people?" But this is such a broad question that asking it generally is almost useless. And because I lack the ability to birth the complexities of a truly complete persona inside my own mind, my only recourse is to compartmentalize and consider the interactions of specific elements and traits. Maybe this betrays a limited understanding of human nature, but I consider myself to be far from a complete person anyway. If I'm to create a golem, I should like it's shadow to dance suitably to the confines of the cave it was born in.

>>18834426
I just read the republic. What does this shit even mean?

>>18218442
Your assumptions about the fundamentals are faulty. You prefer the shadows to the real deal.
Plato warned us of this thousands of years ago.
What you are talking about is pure simulacra. It's the academic labyrinth of bullshit.
What is relevant is what Nietzsche said, not what some academic thinks of his work. You don't need someone else to tell you how to interpret something you can look at on your own.
Your view of philosophy is purely academic and un-philosophical.