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Comparing Socrates Lack Of Knowledge To Trapped In The Cave

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Plato, or Socrates used very unique metaphors to explain how humans are sort of trapped within their own ignorance, and the only way to get out is to acquire knowledge and wisdom. He says things such as “human beings living in an underground cave”, to compare our lack of knowledge to trapped in a cave. In then goes to say that we’ve spend all of our lives stuck in this cave, chained down with the only way to escape is to get to the other end of the cave closer to the sun or the light. The sun or the light represent the truth and the knowledge we wish to obtain, because light makes things visible for the eyes to see. So in a sense, the light is allowing us to see the truth in the world and get a better understanding of what’s around us. However,
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