philosophical allegory

C11885
concept

A philosophical allegory is a narrative in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas or moral and metaphysical concepts to explore deeper truths about existence, knowledge, or ethics.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Christian allegory 3
allegorical tale 2
philosophical allegory canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: philosophical allegory
Generated description
A philosophical allegory is a narrative in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas or moral and metaphysical concepts to explore deeper truths about existence, knowledge, or ethics.

Instances (13)

Instance Via concept surface
Shepherd of Hermas Christian allegory
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant —
Divided Line philosophical analogy
King Moabdar character in a philosophical tale
parable of the madman
surface form: Parable of the Madman
philosophical parable
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) —
The Great Divorce Christian allegory
Myth of Er Platonic myth
Vanity Fair as a symbol of worldly temptation
surface form: Vanity Fair (symbol of worldly temptation)
Christian allegory
The Machine of the World allegorical vision
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī
surface form: Hayy ibn Yaqzan
allegorical tale
Hayy ibn Yaqzan allegorical tale
In the Penal Colony allegorical fiction