Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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[energizerninja]

it means you see what the prison guards tell u to see. its a metaphor for society and those who control society.

[Squish888]

no it didn't actually happen. Allegory means a moral story. It simply is an explanation for people who aren't philosophically awakened.

[baller84milw]

This is only half the story....

[anmllvr234]

if u believe the escaped prisoner you could be seen as gullible but if you dont believe the escaped prisoner you could be seen as close minded. it goes both ways. dont believe everything u see or hear but, sometimes its best just to believe for fear of the unknown

[TheOedipusKing]

@energizerninja The reason why some of the prisoners are chained is because Plato thought that only a few people had the rational, inherit capacity to realise true knowledge. Most are 'shackled' to the empirical world of thought.

[TheOedipusKing]

@energizerninja Not at all. In the original text there are no prison gaurds. Essentially the analogy of the cave is about how the true philosopher will turn away from the empirical world (the world of opinion, illusion - represented by the shadows on the wall) and the particulars which exist within the empirical world (i.e. the fire) and begin an assent to find true, rational knowledge in the universal forms.

[vasilije91]

@energizerninja HAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[sasukerucker]

this relates to e docile education system

[PrinceOF9Imagination]

So they lived for years and years without eating nor drinking!

[TBird4490]

@energizerninja Religion can also be used as a comparison here.

[hughejam]

now thats a mindfuck!