As Plato might put it, both Neo and the cave-dwellers must undertake a difficult journey from darkness to light if genuine knowledge (and consequently true "care of the soul") is to be attained.

柏拉图也许会说，不论neo还是穴居者，都需要经过从黑暗到光明的痛苦历程，才可能取得真经，并随之大彻大悟。

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The journey across the mountains from the base in Afghanistan to western Pakistan is conducted in darkness and quiet, like a sacred ritual.

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