Divided Line Vs Cave

At first the prisoner who was released was doubting but with the time everything was making more sense to him and while he explored more his mind started to open and give him more knowledge on the real world outside the cave. When he went back into the cave other prisoners did not believed what he was saying and threatened to kill him if he tried to set them free. In order for someone to acquire knowledge they would have to go outside the cave and experience with their own eyes. They would also have to convince themselves that in order to get the concept of something you have to think about it and not only observe it giving it a name like “book” which refers to something that any of them has ever seen

The process of apprehending true knowledge is a task unfit for those who cannot overcome the concepts that the truth is associated with. This task of discovering knowledge tests an individual and their dedication to the process. However, this process is grueling and does not always yield the expected or desired result. According to philosophers, such as Socrates and Plato, humans are born with innate knowledge that becomes accessible through reasoning and life experiences. Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave describes of a group of people, in a cave, that have been shielded from society for their entire lives and were given an alternate and limited education. One man is forced out of the cave and into the light of the real world, where he

The person may want to remain outside the cave and enjoy the sun, they must return and tell the others the truth. When they reenter the cave, they can no longer see in the dark. They stumble and their words do not make sense. The people remaining in the cave do not believe what he saw outside. Some will mock him, some will be afraid of what he has to say, and others may try to kill him. The returning person must learn how to see in the dark again before they can effectively communicate with the people who have stayed in the cave.

I have use images to explain the cave, as well as the relationship of the realm of true forms. This writing is construct a bridge between the worlds of darkness and of enlightenment. I have entered back into the cave.

One without knowledge can only conform to a leader or the majority’s will. A man from a cave, who has experienced the taste of enlightenment, would never return to his former dwelling with the same ideals he left behind. Plato meticulously introduced this idea in his allegory comparing the enlightenment o knowledge to a man, who found light after only recognizing darkness since birth. Despite the pain light can induce to eyes adjusted to the pitch black cave, the man was happier in the light than in the dark. Knowledge can aid in overcoming pain to find ecstasy. Knowledge would then develop into wisdom that can educate future generations of one’s own thoughts and culture. Knowledge and wisdom are inevitable assets to

Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” examines the quest, responsibility, and cost of intellectual enlightenment. The story is of a man, being held prisoner since birth, being freed and learning that his perception of reality was inaccurate. He shared his discovery, which was met with contention and anger from the people in his society when he tried to relieve them of their ignorance. The group were all born prisoners in a cave where they could not see behind them, and only could hear the echoes, and see the shadows cast of people and items moving behind them. One day, the man was released and was forced to embark out of the dwelling to see that it was actual people and inanimate objects being reflected in front of them. After having difficulty

Upon exiting the cave and acquiring an education and knowledge we are then posed the dilemma. Do we

First what is perception and ignorance? Let us define perception as one’s view of life through rationalization of the external world and ignorance as an assumption without proof and contemplation. In the “Allegory of The Cave”, Plato uses Socrates to explain different types of people, one who sees the physical realm accepting ideas as they form and one who lives in knowledge realm by questioning those ideas. People of the knowledge realm are obligated to helps those in the physical realm by removing what Socrates refer to as ignorance through questioning. This is shown as prisoners of the cave look to the walls as their perception of their world which relates to people’s limited perception of the world such as people who grown up religious deny anything outside of God, in addition, people in higher state of perception are obligated to help those in lower states; this relates to real world as people seek mentors for advice.

“The meaning of the cave isn't lying on the surface of the novel. Rather, it waits somewhere deep, and part of what it requires of us is to bring something of ourselves to the encounter. If we want to figure out what a symbol might mean, we have to use a variety of tools on it: questions, experience, preexisting knowledge (Foster 106-107).” This passage is referring to dive deep into thought about what a symbol really stands for. In this case a cave, the cave is more than just an underground chamber inside the Earth. It’s a place of our ancestors, of darkness, and of mystery. In the novel A Passage to India, the caves have different meanings for everyone. The meaning of a cave means one thing for Mrs. Moore , but a whole different thing for

This now knowledgeable individual remembers the others who are still trapped in the cave ignorant to the wonders which lay outside of it. He considers him self lucky to

In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”, Plato and his student contemplate the idea of cave dwellers who are confined to life inside of the cave. They wonder what would happen if one of the cave dwellers became enlightened by stepping out into the world outside of the cave. When the enlightened cave dweller returned to tell the others about his discovery, the philosophers speculated that those in the cave would be in complete denial and may even go as far as to kill the enlightened cave dweller.

In Allegory of the Cave, Plato conveys his message through the use of rhetorical device, repetition, and educational format, the Socratic method. The message explains that humans have preconceived ideas of reality, but they do have the power to achieve the truth or true knowledge. Ergo, it is necessary to spread the upper echelons of knowledge to others who do not possess it.

The cave is underground and dark; it consists of human beings who have been living down there since childhood. These people are almost like prisoners since

The cave allegory also proves that the role of education is not to teach in the sense of feeding people information they do not have, but rather to shed light on things they already know. Education "isn't the craft of putting sight into the soul. Education takes for granted that sight is there but that it isn't turned the right way or looking where it ought to look, and it tries to redirect it properly." (2)

But as I, and many others can attest to, they will have their claims dismissed, and they will be shunned for trying to shake the foundation they’ve used to build their lives. But those outside of the cave shouldn’t be angry at those on the inside. Though that may be the first instinct, but upon further inspection, they may begin to feel a measure of pity for those on the inside. A quote that is very applicable to this situation comes from Socrates. He once stated that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” You don’t even have to pretend to be in the cave to know that a life of mindlessly staring at shadows on a wall is a dismal life to lead. Russell would implore these men to question their status of living. Had they have opened their minds to the simple POSSIBILITY that the one who returned from the outside world was telling the truth, who knows where they could be? But instead, they remain content to play games with the shadows that people force them to look at for the remainder of their lives. Proving once again, “the unexamined life is not worth