Analysis Of Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

When it comes to addiction, there truly is no easy way out. The worst type of addiction comes from the opium poppy, heroin. Heroin addiction can be extremely easy to fall into and can have some awful withdrawal symptoms. In many ways the recovery process of heroin can be paralleled with “The Allegory of the Cave” in such that being on the drug can be similar to living in the cave, the process of quitting the drug can be viewed as leaving the cave, the after effects can then be used to describe living in the upper world, and finally relapsing can be described as returning to the cave. A person using heroin, and the prisoners who are dwelling in the cave, can often be seen as one in the same due to the fact that they are almost held in their

The person who leaves the cave is able to experience actual reality outside of the cave where reality is more than just the shadows on the wall. On the outside they are able to see the forms of trees and flowers and so on and by doing so they are able to experience their own thought for the first time. When he notices that the sun above is what makes everything visible outside the cave he forms an understanding of good.

The story, The Cave, is about Socrates’ metaphor about a cave. This story is also written like a western philosophy. The metaphor that Socrates tries to tell us about in his story, The Cave, is about how education has changed us. This story is about a group of people who have lived in a cave since they were born and none of them have been outside of the cave. Since the groups of people lived in the cave forever they can’t look outside the cave because they are just so stuck to the idea of being in the cave forever like prisoners. In the cave they have a fire going and a wall separates the fire and another group of people who also live in the cave but the two groups of people never talk to each other. There are also statues of some sort in the cave on top of the wall behind the fire, which creates a illusion like a puppet show that the people watch because

The journey begins with the return to the cave, where the true self and the myths and beliefs that fractured it are found. (p.88) The cave experience is in reference to the story, "The Hunter Maiden," preceding the chapter. The story is about a girl who steps outside the boundaries conventionally set up for women. In doing so, she faces her demons and must retreat to the cave, where she confronts her fear and seizes her power. She emerges from the experience victorious, strong, and empowered. (pp.75-77)

The prisoners that left the cave got to venture true powerful wisdom, after their experience they are blinded. Blinded by reality, and blinded by the real light they were once looking at and the “bull” that once danced along the caves

In Plato’s allegory of The Cave there are multiple symbols such as; the prisoners and their chains, the shadows and the puppeteers , the fire with the sunlight and even the cave itself. We all have our own “caves” some of which we are aware of and others that we don’t know we’re in. All in all, we have all got a cave in our lives and even though sometimes we may want to be ignorant, we should really try to escape the cave.

He says that the people have been in this cave since childhood, and they know nothing about the world outside. Plato tells that these people are chained to the cave walls and they can only see the shadows that are cast by the fires burning in the distance. He goes on to describe what would happen if these prisoners were to be released. Plato says that at first they will struggle because they are not accustomed to the bright light of day. However, he says that soon they will soon become familiar with the light of the world around them (Plato 1-2).

The allegory of the cave story is about a group of prisoners living in caves and their necks trapped by chains. They cannot turn around, and the fire behind them. Because they already accustomed to the surroundings which is really dark. So they naturally think that the shadow is the real things. Later, one of the prisoners was be released. He turned and walked out of the cave, and gradually adapt to the sunshine. Here, the sun is the symbol of truth/justice. He realized other prisoners may not know the cave of life is an illusion, and the shadow on the wall is not the real things. So he back to the cave and told it to his friends. However, these prisoners didn’t believe him, and laugh at him, even want to

The Myth of the Cave is a parable that examines and tries to explain how one forms their perception of the world surrounding them. There are three prisoners in the cave and they are bound to one of the cave falls so that they can only face forward. These men have been imprisoned in the cave since birth and they have never left the cave. Behind them there is a fire and a raised walkway and the fire projects the shadows of the objects that pedestrians are carrying. The prisoners believe that the shadows are reality because these are the only things they have experienced. However, one prisoner is able to escape and views the real world outside of the cave. At first he is blinded by the fire in the cave and realizes that the objects on

The meaning of the cave allegory is clear. The cave represents the world of appearances, the world in which most people live. Outside the cave is the intelligible world of forms. The sun represents the ultimate form of good. It is the source of all other forms in the upper world and the cause of their mutual order and harmony. The search for truth is represented allegorically as leaving the cave of false or imperfect images of reality and entering the upper world of pure unchanging forms that alone are the true objects of knowledge.

I believe that the Allegory of the Cave simply states that we must question reality and we must not trust just what our eyes tell us. We must know more than just what the eyes see. The slave in the allegory that makes the ascent and eventually rejects the truth of the shadows comes to know a truer truth. But then they believe what their eyes show them that is on this world. They have forgotten that they must question reality, because how are they to know that this reality is realer than that of the caves’? Somebody may wonder what if we are the shadows in the cave. And who knows. It corresponds to having an imaginary friend when a person is younger. The imaginary friend is very real to whoever the befriended person is, but as the person gets older or makes the ascent to the world of knowledge, they

In Socrates’ cave, the chains represented the limitations of human perception. As humans, our reality is restricted by our senses, which we use them to interpret the world around us. All the cave dwellers knew was their experience: being chained and unable to move with only shadows to look at. They assumed that experiences were reality because that was all they knew. By breaking the chains, they were freed from their perceptions and experienced a new reality.

By that, he means that the cave represents the thing that has trapped them, makes them unable to see the truth behind it. An example of this in today’s society would be television. Children and even some adults are indulged in watching television. They refuse to go outside because they are being constantly fueled with television series and shows that interest them. These shows acts as shadows and the fire acts as the producers. As the producers earn more money as more shows release, their screens prohibit them from separating from the world of television. In the text, Socrates then questions whether these people ever be freed and healed of their ignorance (72). This can apply to any situation resembling the cave. In the television example, the most effective way would be to have someone help you break free of the screen, just like the prisoners who came back into the cave. Human beings are born social and helpful. They must rely on each other because that is the only way they are able to be affected, even though they were born to be

If the prisoners were freed and they looked towards the light, the prisoners would not be used to the brightness and would not be able to see the puppeteers. They would find comfort and familiarity in the darkness that they were in and return to it. If the prisoners were forced to go out of the cave, this would be even more painful. This illustrates how difficult it

The only thing that they could see was the shadows of the people passing by the cave. You could only imagine that they created names for the different things they saw. Someday, one of the people trapped inside gets released and is able to explore the world outside the cave. He discovers all these new things and then comes back to tell his friends still in the cave about his findings and what he saw and they make fun of him and bash everything he has to say. The person decided he liked what was on the outside more so he chose enlightenment while his friends chose ignorance. This proves that people when exposed to these new things and truths that they enjoy them more than the environment they live