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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.

This simplistic and ingenious allegory from one of the fathers of Western philosophy casts light on society’s naiveté and ignorance.

Back in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., he was a blueblood named Waldo Smith-Jones. But when he found himself in a desperate effort to survive on a lost island of primitive men and beasts, he won not only a new name but also the hand of the cave princess, Nadara.

The Allegory of the Cave appears in Plato’s Republic and compares the effect of education and the lack of it on human nature. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother and Socrates, who tells of people that have been chained to the wall of a cave their whole lives. They see shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them. Socrates explains that the philosopher is like a prisoner who has escaped the cave and realizes that the shadows on the wall are not the true reality at all.

Cette farce satirique, revendiquée comme telle par l'auteur offre un récit de ton ironique et critique qui fera scandale à sa parution en 1914. Il sera question de petites vies rangées happées dans un tourbillon d'évènements mineurs en apparence où les petites concessions vont remplacées de "solides" croyances pour aboutir au désordre.

Heavy water. The Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Group, (JANIG), a science secret service has discovered that someone is shipping heavy water, often used for atomic purposes, from a secret source in Asia. JANIG's mission is to make sure that science does not get misused. A coded telegram is received by Rick Brandt on Spindrift Island from his Hindu friend Chada. Spindrift Island is a scientific research facility off the coast of New Jersey. After decoding the telegram, Hanson Brandt, Rick's father telephones JANIG to discuss the telegram's contents.

Dans "Les Caves du Vatican", André Gide vous entraîne dans un tourbillon d'événements où rien n'est ce qu'il semble. Un complot visant à libérer le Pape ? Un jeu d'échecs cosmique ? Ou simplement les délires d'un esprit tourmenté ? Ce roman énigmatique, à la frontière du réel et de l'imaginaire, vous tiendra en haleine du début à la fin. À travers les yeux de personnages complexes et souvent ambigus, vous explorerez les thèmes de la foi, du doute, de la liberté et du mal.

Malade, Michel décide de tout plaquer. Sous le soleil brûlant de l'Afrique, il va vivre une expérience qui le transformera à jamais. Loin de ses valeurs bourgeoises, il se laisse entraîner dans une spirale de désirs interdits. Entre passion dévorante et quête de soi, il repousse les limites de la morale. Un roman sulfureux qui vous fera frissonner et réfléchir sur le prix de la liberté

This time Tom Swift is off to Alaska to hunt for the valley of gold. His friend Abe Abercrombie, an old miner, claims to know approximately where it lies: "up where the icebergs and caves of ice are." But he needs Tom and his airplane to help him locate the exact spot. Unknown to Tom, his chief rival, Andy Foger, gets wind of the project and vows to beat Tom to the prize. Unknown to both are the Alaskan natives who will kill to protect their gold...

Pankrasio, muzh Leonardy, uezzhaet na neskol'ko dnej v drugoj gorod. Leonarda i ee sluzhanka Kristina prinimajut v jeto vremja svoih ljubovnikov. Neozhidanno vozvrativshis', Pankrasio zastaet veseluju kompaniju na meste prestuplenija. K schast'ju dlja Leonardy, ona prijutila u sebja hitroumnogo studenta. kotoryj pomogaet ej obvesti vokrug pal'ca prostaka Pankrasio…

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), more commonly known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer renowned for his highly influential works of horror fiction. "The Beast in the Cave" is a typical example of Lovecraft's mastery and descriptive genius. A man is lost in an extensive cavern with his light about to run out. He has already given up hope of ever finding his way out. As he is plunged into darkness, he hears the sound of weird padding steps approaching....

The caveman. Dominant. Fighting for his woman, and dragging her off by the hair. Master of these caves. The cavewoman, submissive, waiting to be dragged off by her caveman. In the real world, not quite how it is, but we can always speculate.

The Door of Doom, a ghost story by Hugh B. Cave, appeared in "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror" in January 1932. Four friends, known as the "deathless four", are sole survivors of a squadron of the R. F. C. during World War, and meet annually to remember those who did not come back.