Allegory of the cave- what do you think are the qualities of an "enlightened", educated person? How does your idea about education relate to the education of the prisoner in Plato's cave story? ... When Plato's man was bound in chains, did he not have his reality? For him, the cave and shadows were his reality. ... If you don't this then you"ll be in the cave forever. ...
Furthermore, Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" gives us understanding about human's progress and their responsibility to share and convey the enlightenment to those who are still in the darkness. ... Human knowledge is just accumulated from what people observe in a dark cave. ... According to "Allegory of the Cave", Plato described that "the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato). ... And this they must do, even with the prospect of death" (Plato). ... He has to bring the "true light" to the cave where people ...
Plato presents the Divided Line as an outline for his theory of knowledge. ... Imagine prisoners living in a cave. They have been chained facing the rear wall of the cave since childhood. ... Behind the prisoners on a higher level of the cave floor a fire burns. ... The Allegory of the Cave is an education process for the prisoner. ...
