His "Allegory of the Cave" gives us great insight into the human condition. Allegory is a type of symbolism in which there is a direct one-to-one relationship between a character, object, or place and an idea or concept. ... One is teaching the other about the human condition through allegory and symbolism. ... The prisoners in the cave represent humanity. ... The only noises the prisoners hear are echoed off the cave wall. ...

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In his theory Allegory of the cave he explains the reason why society needs to be educated, sees the good in people and says the "bad" actions one commits are not necessarily bad but pure ignorance to which can be changed by education. ... " In his theory of Allegory of the Cave he refers the sun as knowledge, what makes things visible is therefore leading us to what is real. The shadows in the cave are reflections our minds make us believe not necessarily true. The darkness of cave is enabling us to be able to know the "real" world and the darker it is the less we see...

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He uses the cave allegory to highlight how human beings will not survive the darkness unless they act together and be led by a philosopher king who leads them to the light. ... The fact that this allegory applies to any person in any circumstance proves that it is indeed our unchangeable nature to be political. ... Since the primitive clans of the cave man to our modern day sophisticated society, politics has always been the fabric of governance. ...

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