Plato wrote “The Allegory of the Cave” in 380 B.C.E. It was originally published in “The Republic”. The targeted audience includes students. The purpose of “The Allegory of the Cave” is to discuss the refusal of knowledge and the true face of the world. People don’t want to accept the reality of life because they don’t want to face the truth, and when you tell them about the discovery of something new by seeing the other side of the picture they claim that they are superiors in knowledge, and the value of our insight is a piece of rubbish that leads them towards laughing, making fun, and denying it. Controversies revolve around the axis of ignorance of the real world, and the lack of awareness. However, I argue that awareness enlightens humans’
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However, all of them treat you in a way that it might be impossible for you to identify their personal intentions. Particularly, when I was about thirteen, I was good in soccer. I used to play with my friends after school. Some of my friends used to say that I should sit down on the bench for clapping. However, all of us applied for the training camp and fortunately I qualified for the game session. It means by working hard, and not listening to others, in the end, the success will be yours. Plato says, “Do you think that he would care for such honors and glories, or envy the possessors of them? Would he not say with Homer?” (1121). The main idea of the quote is that critics always discourage, demoralize, and backbite the person who wants to change others’ opinions and show them the other side of the picture. The reason behind it all is that critics don’t want to accept your point of views even though you are completely coming up with personal observations and evidence that can be enough for your support, but they are still not going to rely on you. In addition, the overconfidence of self-respect, overestimation of assumptions, and selfishness lead the critics towards life threating of the revolutionist. Thus, the impact of discrimination and injustices make the revolutionist
However, all of them treat you in a way that it might be impossible for you to identify their personal intentions. Particularly, when I was about thirteen, I was good in soccer. I used to play with my friends after school. Some of my friends used to say that I should sit down on the bench for clapping. However, all of us applied for the training camp and fortunately I qualified for the game session. It means by working hard, and not listening to others, in the end, the success will be yours. Plato says, “Do you think that he would care for such honors and glories, or envy the possessors of them? Would he not say with Homer?” (1121). The main idea of the quote is that critics always discourage, demoralize, and backbite the person who wants to change others’ opinions and show them the other side of the picture. The reason behind it all is that critics don’t want to accept your point of views even though you are completely coming up with personal observations and evidence that can be enough for your support, but they are still not going to rely on you. In addition, the overconfidence of self-respect, overestimation of assumptions, and selfishness lead the critics towards life threating of the revolutionist. Thus, the impact of discrimination and injustices make the revolutionist