Edwards and Plato both wrote their sermon or book in hopes of helping others. Edwards was attempting to save his community from eternal damnation while Plato wanted to save them from "the cave". The foot sliding metaphor in Edwards Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God reminds me of one of the prisoners being dragged out of the cave in Plato's allegory because at this moment both of the "characters" realize life changing aspects. Both works of literature also talk about fictional realities that people thought were real such as the cave in Plato's allegory, the prisoners thought that that was all there is to life and in Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God he talks about heaven and hell which people back then believed in.
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