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.
Observed surface forms (2)
- allegorical fiction ×1
- allegorical vision ×1
Instances (3)
- Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave)
- The Machine of the World via concept surface "allegorical vision"
- In the Penal Colony via concept surface "allegorical fiction"