Comparing The Allegory Of The Cave By Plato And John Stuart Mill

Plato was born in 428 B.C.E. Plato was a greek philosopher and a writer. Plato in a way worshiped and looked up to greek philosopher Socrates. Plato was a very educated individual. Plato spent many years traveling in the mediterranean area studying mathematics and studying geometry, geology, astronomy, and religion. John Stuart Mill was born in 1806 and he died in 1873. Mill was a Philosopher, Author, Political Scientist, Scholar, and an economist. Mills life was inspired by his father. In The allegory of the cave by Plato and in John Stuart Mills ….., both Plato and Mill have different views on education, but both stress the importance of education to be successful in life.

Plato views education as obtaining both individual justice and