The philosopher Socrates has his own attitude towards the Apology and Allegory of the Cave Readings in which the prisoners were living in the illusion of the images they see in front of them without moving their head. On the other hand, the Good Brahmin's (Voltaire) attitude who was living with the ignorance where he was not sure about the reality but he was teaching others on the same subject. The Socrates believes that truth was the shadows of images rather than nothing.
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The Socrates and the Brahmin both are studying the reality. Socrates was already aware what the reality is but he was just concerned that how the prisoners could know the reality. Conversely, the Brahmin himself did not know everything even though he was