Plato's The Allegory Of The Cave

The prisoners have been in these conditions since their earliest stages of life. The cave, the wall, and the chains are all the prisoners have ever known. Behind the prisoners, there was a raised path. Above the walkway was a platform, where there was a fire burning, and in front of the fire, was a parapet, which as Plato described it , was like that of the screens Puppeteers use to hide themselves and have the puppets be visible . Each and every day, the prisoners see nothing, but the shadows of the objects and people passing between them and the fire. For their entire lives, the prisoners are exposed to nothing but those images and the sounds made by those walking around. These shadows are all they have ever known, in essence; these shadows are their only “reality”. As time passed, the prisoners would grow accustomed to these sights, later on the prisoners would match the objects with names and the familiar sounds to the images of the shadows (514; Appendix A). In discussing the allegory with Glaucon, Socrates toys around the concept of what could happen to a prisoner should they be released after having lived their lives in the cave, with the only knowledge the possess of the world, are the images and sounds by the wall.

In the ‘The Allegory of the Cave’, Plato uses a philosophical situation to help us as the reader to examine our perception of life by what is around us. Plato uses such an abstract situation to show that we can mistake the information that we gain due to our position in a situation for truth.

They name the shadows based on their shape. When one of the prisoners got out of the cave his eyes burned from the sun. As he started to see more and more, he saw all the colors and felt the wind. He looked

In a cavern some people experience a strange confinement, for they are chained so they can look forward only at the wall of the cave. At their backs, a fire burns which they never are able to see.

This figures are used to make shadows so the prisoners can tell what it is. But the prisoners are unable to see these figures because their chained up so they cannot move or turn their heads around. The only thing the prisoners see and hear are the shadows and echoes that the men with the figures do. The prisoners can only make assumptions what the shadow is because of the perspective that the shadow makes and the sound it does. For example, a prisoner can say it’s a dog by the form of the shadow that is shown in the wall, but what if the shadow is something else.

Due to the fire, the statues generate shadows across the wall that the individuals who are bound can see. The bound individuals watch these shadows as they are played out and believe them because

In the Allegory of the cave three prisoners are shackled inside a cave and one of them is released from their shackles and comes to realize everything he once knew was not reality. He tries to share this knowledge with the other prisoners but instead they rebuke him. The theme of Allegory of the cave is we as humans tend to think we know the reality about the world we live in, but we really don’t, we see shadows and think they’re the real thing. We can share our knowledge with others but they might not always be accepting of it. The author shows this through techniques such as point of view, diction and imagery, and symbolism.

Plato’s “Allegory of The Cave” is a written dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon, brother of Plato, in which Socrates exposes the lack of education in human nature by invoking the image of prisoners chained up and sitting in a dark cave. The prisoners, whom have been imprisoned in the cave since childhood, can only see straight ahead and are forced to watch dancing shadows on the cave wall which are created by a fire that sits below and behind them, never to see the sun or the outside world which in this allegory, represents the idea of good and being. Socrates goes on to say that the prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race and the puppeteers who control the shadows represent poets, lawgivers, etc. which guide the prisoners and can shape their thoughts and beliefs because the puppeteers control the shadows, which in turn, control the prisoners. Although in the Plato’s allegory, it is said that the “Sun” is the form of good and to see what the light shines upon and what it reveals is to be enlightened, I claim that experiencing the form of good itself is not what represents enlightenment

These cave-confined people see only the projected shadows of those who briefly walk near the fire. Based on the shadows, they elaborate on what the world is beyond their immediate sight. Everything they see is speculative, though based on directly observed facts. Like these, the people (especially the young) wander in the world of thought thinking they got the truth, when they are in error, actually.

“He [Plato] maintained that the objects of knowledge, the things which could be defined, did exist, but were not to be identified with anything in the perceptible world. Their existence was in an ideal world outside space and time” (Guthrie 88) Guthrie goes on to explain that these two “worlds” would be known as the ‘’World of Forms’’ and the ‘’World of Becoming.’’ Plato’s experiences of the two worlds are illustrated by the “Allegory of the Cave,” a fictional narrate of the journey of a philosopher, more specifically Plato. The cave is used as a metaphor of the world of becoming. While the shackled only see what they believe is reality, digging deeper will reveal the shadows on the wall are a false sense of being. It takes the “philosopher” being unshackled to be enlightened by the outside world of the essences of ideas, which Plato describes as the “world of forms.” Plato’s experience in this “Allegory of the Cave” has led to the idea of the inequality of intelligence which explains that not everyone is so blessed to be the “Philosopher King.” The title also lays the foundation for the highest honor in Plato’s Republic. However, Plato’s teacher, Socrates, thought the opposite that there is an equality of intelligence. The two philosophers are each other’s influences and have a profound effect on philosophy as we know it.

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In the Allegory of the Cave there are chained prisoners in cave who can only stare at the cave wall in front of them. At the back there is a long entrance with a staircase the width of the cave and a fire burning in the distance. They see only shadows projected in front of them from a raised platform and hear an echo that they attribute to what they observe. They talk about and name the shadows of objects they see before them. To them the truth are the shadows. Then one day one of the prisoners is released. He is told that what he saw before was an illusion. Once he is outside it takes a while for his eyes to adjust to the sun. First he observed the shadows of thing then their reflection and finally the actual object. Remembering his previous state he goes back to the cave and tries to explain that everything is an illusion but they laugh at him and think he’s crazy. They believe it best not to ascend and they choose to remain as they are. The cave represented opinion. The shadows that are cast on to the wall represented physical objects. The prisoners represented the common people (Welles).

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The Allegory of the Cave or also known as, Myth of the Cave, is a good example of explaining the feature of the way people think. It is a concept that demonstrates how humans are fearful of change and what they don’t know. Plato says that men are living in an underground cave and it is a situation. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. Plato talks about being free, everyday life, knowledge, and essentially what he wrote to be true. I think that he was very unique with his writings because there are so many ways to look at the world and his way was just one. He was educated highly and is recognized as a philosopher to this day.

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