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The Cave and the Empire

Ontology of the Universal Kingdom

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Alexander Dugin
Feb 01, 2026
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Alexander Dugin on the Philosopher-King and the return of the Empire of Spirit.

In the seventh book of the dialogue Republic, Plato describes the process of becoming a philosopher-king as follows.

He likens the world to a cave (that is, a territory situated within dense matter, in a mountain or beneath the earth), and humanity to prisoners chained in plac…

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Philosopher. Doctor of Sociology and of Political sciences, PhD of Philosophy. Founder of Russian geopolitical school and Eurasian Movement.
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