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Plato's cave allegory offers a rich analogy of the way human beings perceive and react to reality. The people living in the cave are described as being in shackles; they are self-made prisoners or prisoners of their own mind. They watch shadows on the wall and mistake those images for reality.

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Black September's attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics

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Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Maker's Drawing Book and English furniture design

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