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Notions from Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" show up in the works of later structuralists like Ferdinand de Saussure.

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One of these works that would be shaped by Plato’s thinking is Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics. As Saussure explores how Signifiers connect to Signified, this echoes Plato’s assertions surrounding the puppets and shadows on the walls of the cave.

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  1. The Academy of Plato