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Epic card · Arts
Allegory of the cave, an Epic card
The allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic to compare "the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature".
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 660,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Allegory of the cave quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Allegory of the cave card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The allegory is presented after the analogy of the Sun and the analogy of the ______ line.
Answer
divided. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the Sun and the analogy of the divided line. From the Allegory of the cave article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Baccarat. Baccarat 75 · Bill Irwin 71 · Allegory of the cave 68 · Lyari 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jack Schlossberg. Jack Schlossberg 3,200,000 · Bill Irwin 980,000 · Allegory of the cave 660,000 · Chimera 400,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates and is narrated by the latter.
- The allegory is presented after the analogy of the Sun and the analogy of the divided line.
- In the allegory, Plato describes people who have spent their entire lives chained by their necks and legs facing the bottom wall of a cave.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Allegory of the cave article was read about 660,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Allegory of the cave
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Allegory of the cave (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jan Saenredam / After Cornelis van Haarlem, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
