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Understanding |
•the relation between the physical , material world and the higher world of the forms. •the ways in which material , physical concerns can blind people to what is really important . •the ignorance of humanity when people do not engage in philosophy •that there is a world which we can not see from the position that we are in , yet which we can reach and which will give us enlightenment . |
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Cave simile explanation |
•In the cave there r prisoners who have been there since childhood - no recollection of living a different way. • the prisoners are chained in a way that they can only face one direction . •the only light available to them comes from a fire , which is behind them so they can’t see it . •people carry objects along the wall - as they pass the fire reflects the objects. •all the prisoners can see the shadows of the objects and the shadows of each other - no reason to suppose that some objects are made of different materials . |
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“And if they were able to converse with one another, would they not suppose that they were seeing what was actually before them” |
In Plato’s analogy of the cave , he produces a scenario in which the characters are as far removed from reality as he can possibly imagine. |
