To do this, Socrates presents three allegories. The first allegory is the allegory of the soul, goodness and forms. ... The Cave allegory is the last parable Socrates uses. Everything that Socrates had taught up to this point was in preparation for the Cave allegory and it's significance. ... he wall of the cave? ...
This paper will examine Plato's theory on education as described in the Allegory of the Cave. ... Plato's Allegory of the cave, which is his theory on education that ultimately leads to enlightenment, starts off deep in a cave where there are prisoners chained to a wall by their neck and legs, forced to look forward. ... " Let us examine how the allegory of the cave can be compared to a modern day classroom. ... The man that released him now drags him to the surface and they ascend out of the cave. ... As soon as he gets out of the cave, the sun blinds him. ...
With the Divided Line as a backdrop, Socrates presents the Allegory of the Cave as a metaphor that presents a person's travels from ignorance to wisdom. ... 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. ...
