Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

Epistemology Essay

In his allegory of the cave, Plato tells us that all of mankind is [figuratively] chained facing a wall in a cave, on which wall shadows of objects are projected. Here we stay since childhood, and we cannot leave, unless someone comes and frees us from outside the cave. I generally agree with this theory, and have a few additions to it. By reading this essay, you will understand my opinion, and agree.

People, and society has chained us towards the wall. Large corporations and politics are puppeteers, and they are making us think that societal norms, products, and politics are real. If we escape this, we can see things the way they actually are, without these norms, and beliefs. I think that the notion of being in a cave

I think that we are much too “politically correct”, and try to hard not to hurt anyone’s feelings. Saying the truth about something unpleasant is very hard these days, because you have to mask your words so that almost everything sounds positive and happy. As stated in “Fitter Happier”, we look for a good income, a healthy life, and everything in moderation, not too fun, and not too unpleasant. The problem with this is that we do become like robots, losing our sentiments along the way, and we end up not been truly happy, even though we’re doing things that almost all health magazines and personal trainers tell us will lead to a happy life. One paradigm that almost everyone believes is “New is better”. This is not true. Many new things are not necessarily “better” than old ones. For example, today, many cars have a plethora of sensors, cameras and features that come with them. For a person who is used to driving a car without this multitude of driving-aids, they are very confusing, and sometimes irritating. Self-parking is cool, but if you depend on it, you will eventually forget how to park. The same thing goes for using GPS: if you use it all the time, you will forget how to get to places you knew how to get to