The Allegory of The Cave is a concept put forward by Plato, regarding human perception. Plato reasoned that knowledge gained through observational senses alone is no more than just an opinion. In order to have real knowledge, we must gain it through philosophical reasoning. One of Plato's principal concepts was that of forms, He describes that the world is made up of reflections. The material world, the one we can touch and see is just a portion of the full image. Unquestioning our physical senses alone, trusting what we see, is, to Plato, making ourselves actually blind. A form - whether it's a dog, or a reflection on the wall, or any other object is what Plato describes as partial knowledge. Only understanding forms in their full nature can
