Plato started off book number seven with an allegory, which has been referred to the “allegory of the cave.” In this allegory, there was a large quantity of men who have been trapped in darkness since their birth. They are forced to sit still, while they stared at cave wall in front of them and rooted. A blazing fire is burning behind them and some bodies bearing objects moved around the fire irregularly. As the people walk by, shadows would generate on the cave wall and the prisoners would have their own perspective and understandings on unknown objects they observed. This allegory continues with a prisoner being set free only to view the horrors of the shadows, overpowered to see the outside world. His vision changed dramatically as he went more and more he was unveiled to the light of the sun. This allegory concludes with the man who was freed was compelled to go back to the cavern again and start the conversations about what happened to the man on the outside world.
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Without education, the majority of people would operate just as similar to the prisoners trapped in cavern. We notice intentions based on what we have seen and may not be able to describe it. However, with education, we can pinpoint the truth to help give a testimony based on what was observed. It is important since what we see is just like the shadow that were shown along the cave walls, it does not represent the truth at all. Which is the allegory, Plato gets our attention, to focus on importance of
Without education, the majority of people would operate just as similar to the prisoners trapped in cavern. We notice intentions based on what we have seen and may not be able to describe it. However, with education, we can pinpoint the truth to help give a testimony based on what was observed. It is important since what we see is just like the shadow that were shown along the cave walls, it does not represent the truth at all. Which is the allegory, Plato gets our attention, to focus on importance of