In the beginning of book VII of the republic is one of the famous metaphors of philosophy: the allegory of the cave. The allegory of the cave is a theory designed by Plato to show how knowledge we get thru our five senses is nothing more than opinions. If we keep accepting this as real knowledge we are forever stuck in the cave. If we want to reach actual knowledge we must do so by using philosophical reasoning, and that is how we escape the cave. By escaping the cave, one reaches the philosopher stage and must go into the cave to help other escape. Even though the allegory of the cave was written between 380 and 360 B.C it is still relevant today? Before the explanation of what the cave represents and how does one get out, the allegory of
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Philosopher must go back and teach the prisoners how to escape the fake reality that they are in, by going beyond accepting knowledge that they get from their senses. This must happened even if people are scared of what the philosopher explains and at first do not accept their knowledge. This represents the reaction of the prisoners to what the escaped prisoner had to say about his journey. So how does the Plato’s allegory still relevant in this day in age? In the world today, most of us are still bind to chains, we are still prisoners. We are so easily influenced by the puppeteers of today’s world. Most of us believe everything that is on TV, just because they call it news. We are forgetting that the ultimate goal of the media is to make profit. The producers will put anything on their station if it will get more viewers, even if it is not the entire truth. People often believe that they are escaping the cave by using the internet, which makes access to information easier than ever now. While it is true that the internet has an abundant amount of information, we sometimes forget that anyone can write and publish anything in the internet. Most people dismiss this fact and just accept what we see in the internet, as
Philosopher must go back and teach the prisoners how to escape the fake reality that they are in, by going beyond accepting knowledge that they get from their senses. This must happened even if people are scared of what the philosopher explains and at first do not accept their knowledge. This represents the reaction of the prisoners to what the escaped prisoner had to say about his journey. So how does the Plato’s allegory still relevant in this day in age? In the world today, most of us are still bind to chains, we are still prisoners. We are so easily influenced by the puppeteers of today’s world. Most of us believe everything that is on TV, just because they call it news. We are forgetting that the ultimate goal of the media is to make profit. The producers will put anything on their station if it will get more viewers, even if it is not the entire truth. People often believe that they are escaping the cave by using the internet, which makes access to information easier than ever now. While it is true that the internet has an abundant amount of information, we sometimes forget that anyone can write and publish anything in the internet. Most people dismiss this fact and just accept what we see in the internet, as