Plato's The Allegory Of The Cave

Plato’s book, The Republic contains “Allegory of the Cave” which consist of a conversation between Socrates and Plato’s brother, Glaucon. The Republic addresses many issues with relating to political work and in “The Allegory of the Cave” concept presented by Socrates it gives an example to this. Socrates tells the story of humans being in a cave with a chain around their neck and feet so that they may not turn their heads to see what is around them, thus being forced to look at this one wall on the cave constant. While above them there are people with a fire making these shadows of what they want this chained humans to see. These people who are trapped are only seeing the things that political leaders and other human beings want them to see. …show more content…
They will be able to achieve true knowledge this was and see the world as Plato calls “the forms”. This whole story is all an allegory caring a deeper meaning tracing back to how Plato’s philosophy says there were two types of worlds. One in which we perceive through our senses and mind, known as “corporeal world” and the other being a world of “forms”(incorporeal) that id only visible through thought. Now this is perceived as though we are like the prisoners in this cave presented by Socrates because we are persuaded to the material world and let our senses get the best of us. We follow this political leaders and many like them; their shadows. While this light outside the cave is when you are able to see what is real happening. Yet Socrates goes on to say that even if someone were to escape and reach the suns light, that they would most likely turn back as all they have seen were these shadows and they would want to go back to the cave because they are comfortable with it, but in the case of the sun, the truth they would see this as the