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The Allegory Of The Cave, By Plato

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The Allegory of the Cave written by Plato is one the most insightful philosophical writings that talks about the reality and nature of life. This has something to do with Plato’s way of thinking towards the true picture between the two boundaries of the world; reality of life and imaginary world. This represents the mans’ eagerness and desire to answer different questions about reality. Is the human knowledge enough to find the answers of all the questions about the reality of life? It helps us to decipher things that surrounds us, the truth that will open our eyes to accept that we cannot learn with proper guidance and teachings.

As one of the dialogue between Socrates and his student, Glaucon, Socrates described the whole situation in the cave wherein there is one person who freed to seek out the real truth behind those shadows that they see in the wall. In my own opinion, the man who are free in the chain are the Man who are open minded and who seeks the real truth and knowledge about something that others didn’t know. Their curiosity to seek what is the real objects behind those shadows make them free in the chains that are bound to them since they are born. This philosopher discovers the truth and back to the cave so that the other people who are chained enlightened and educated. They definitely believe that freedom from ignorance will help them to understand further the real life and the world itself. They believe that there are things that should be answered and that they to become educated to do such things. …show more content…

The raised wall symbolizes the limitation of our thinking and the shadow symbolically suggest the world of sensory perception which Plato considers an illusion. They tend to be contented on what they know without even trying to seek for knowledge and deeper understanding on what is happening around

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