Success In Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

Society is filled with naivety. People rely on the majority, blindly follow power, and often don’t look at the big picture. Humans have the innate ability to believe what is in front of them without requiring inquiry. This matter is what Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is entirely revolved around: a person’s beliefs, reasonings, and reactions about truth and the world around oneself. Similarities between people today and the characters in Plato’s dialogue are all but few; people’s actions and thinkings are determined by what they deem truth and when their beliefs are challenged they react strongly.

Reason there is no trust in the government, because media is very back and forth. It constantly contradicts and forces citizens to chose ‘sides’, when there should not be sides in general.

“Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light, or from going into the light, which is true of the mind’s eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye…” (Plato). In this quote from Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” an instance in which a person comes face to face with something that confounds them, it can be due to two factors. First, it could be that they are knowledgeable and are paying attention and go to seeing ignorance. Or it could be that they are not knowledgeable and are faced with veracity. A situation such as this takes place in Plato’s

Stage Three of Plato’s allegory pushes us further along the path of enlightenment, where new wisdom is being thrust upon us as we are opened up to yet another set of truths that we have never experienced. The prisoner is being pulled from the cave

One of Plato’s more famous writings, The Allegory of the Cave, Plato outlines the story of a man who breaks free of his constraints and comes to learn of new ideas and levels of thought that exist outside of the human level of thinking. However, after having learned so many new concepts, he returns to his fellow beings and attempts to reveal his findings but is rejected and threatened with death. This dialogue is an apparent reference to his teacher’s theories in philosophy and his ultimate demise for his beliefs but is also a relation to the theory of the Divided Line. This essay will analyze major points in The Allegory of the Cave and see how it relates to the Theory of the Divided Line. Also, this

Although many people in modern democracies assume that exposure to facts enlightens the misinformed citizenry, Keohane describes how, on the contrary, when faced with facts, the misinformed public rarely changes its mind. Rather, according to Brenda Nyhan’s study at the University of Michigan, when faced with facts that contradict their version of the truth, many people become “even more set in their beliefs” since they do not want to admit they are wrong. Moreover, this is reinforced by the fact that human brain seeks consistency, meaning that the way it interprets information is biased towards confirming its preconceived notions. This, compounded with the current surplus of misinformation in the media, allows the citizenry to believe

An initial perception of Plato's parable "Allegory of the Cave" can be somewhat vague or ambiguous which can make the reading experience a little intimidating at first. To receive a comprehensive awareness of its content, an analytical approach is recommended. The narrator is Socrates, Plato's mentor. It appears that Plato has been greatly intrigued by his teacher. Plato recorded this dialogue between Socrates, his teacher and Glaucon, his older brother.

Once these people ascend, there curiosity has developed and I personally feel as if the prisoners would want to go to other humans. The prisoners know the people in the cave will have the right education to teach them the good and contemplation of justice, however what about the others out there who do not know what justice and good is. I think the prisoners would want to go search for themselves outside the caves and teach other the teachings created by Socrates. I felt as if Plato didn’t really give a sufficient amount of evidence to reason that the prisoners will not want to interact others. His argument was based off teachings and nothing else.

In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Plato described that the prisoners in the cave were tied up and they could not move or turn their bodies. The cave was dark, and the only light that they could see was a small burning fire and shadows. Plato taught us a lesson because he compared us to the prisoners. We don’t see the actual truth like how the prisoners didn’t see real things in the cave. As for how the introduction of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave mentioned, one of Plato’s beliefs was teachers cannot make their students learn if the students don’t want to.

The theory of forms, discovered by Plato, describes ideas or universals that are unchangeable and permanent. They are independent from human ideals and because of this forms are the most real and perfect things. To help explain this concept, Plato creates the allegory of the cave which differentiates our understanding of non real and real ideas. He also contrasts Lovers of Knowledge, who have knowledge of the forms, against Lovers of Belief, who are merely lovers of beautiful objects. The Platonic Forms are abstract beings that exist independently from the physical world.

In this paper I will explain Plato’s concept of the forms, and also identify what Aristotle thinks about them. Second, I will give examples of the forms. Next, I will explain how the forms are used. Lastly, I will explain why the forms are important.

Plato’s allegory of the cave has a simple premise. People chained down, watching shadows in a cave, while the way out is hard to reach. But the simple premise has much deeper meaning. One of the reasons that Plato’s allegory of the cave has been so well received throughout history is that humans are always seeking the truth, mich like the human’s who escape the cave in the allegory. The allegory can be seen as a metaphor for many situations, but for my purposes we will use a very generic explanation of the cave.

At first glance any quote might confuse someone, but as with everything, you must look at the quote and read the quote over and over again. Only then will you begin to fully understand the deeper meaning behind writing, such as quotes. A good example of this is a quote from Allegory of the Cave; “And when he remembered his old habitation, and the wisdom of the den and his fellow-prisoners, do you not suppose that he would felicitate/congratulate himself on the change, and pity them?”

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is a story that is meant to reveal to the reader a “deeper truth.” Plato is notorious for using stories and characters to get his underlying message across, which in this case happens to be about the reality of truths. In most of his writings he uses Socrates, but in this instance he uses unnamed prisoners and an underground cave. The stories that I find fascinating or interesting leave a lasting impression on me rather than, heavy philosophical texts. Those can become tedious and boring very quickly, but clever playful stories are easier to follow along with and are easier to become invested in.

Shackled in a cave, believing that shadows are your realities is no way for a human to live. Although, perhaps not fully aware of it, the moment the light hits the his eyes, outside of the cave, he is afraid of the new freedom he is heading for. Finally accepting the collapse of the world he once knew, he realizes that for a majority of his life he has been neglected of the conditions that make people human. Like Freire, Plato is addressing the issues of oppression and transformation, and how it affects humanity as well as fears associated with freedom once the oppressed is liberated. In Plato’s allegory the transformation does not just happen.