Plato’s allegory tells a tale of two universes. On one hand, we have a cave which is very dark inside because there is little light inside it which makes it really difficult to find out the objects in the way. The masses in this cave are restricted from moving by chains on their necks and bases.
On another hand, there is also another world outside of the cave world. Here, there is light, and everything is distinctly visible. The dark cave represents people who trust that knowledge comes from …show more content…
The second time dazzling of the eyes shows the difficulty in accepting ignorance after knowing the reality. Hence, in the allegory of the cave, Plato described human perception. To him, there are two cases of perception which are the sensory perception and spiritual perception. The Sensory perception is the world of appearance, which we perceive, with the assistance of our sensory organs. Plato refers to this world as the world of delusion and untruth. The reality or truth is impossible to perceive with our senses, it is possible through spiritual perception, which is divine enlightenment. Spiritual perception is possible when we spurn the creation of sensory perception and seek philosophical truth and cognition.
Plato's allegory is important because it expresses how most people in our contemporary world are still uninformed (unenlightened). And these uninformed people will even refuse the truth when given to them, because the 'cave' is all they have ever known. This however should not alter the duty of the enlightened philosopher to try to help his fellow citizens attain