In Plato, Republic, Book VII, the core of the book revolves around justice and its implications from both an individual and collective perspective. Plato does not have Socrates argue that justice requires getting everyone out of the cave because in actuality, there are two parts to justice and the cave: the truth and the false. According to Plato, people often live in illusion. Illusions appeal to sensible people and their senses whereas reality, does not function with reason alone, it includes a combination of ideas and the truth (Plato 405). Therefore, the need to have everyone leave the cave is not present because each individual is there for a different reason which may not call for leaving the cave.
Plato argues that when analyzing the …show more content…
n the book VII of "Republic" (514a-516d), Plato presents the myth of the cave. It is undoubtedly the most important and well-known author of this myth. Plato expressly says that the myth wants to be a metaphor "of our nature in respect of education and lack of education," ie, it serves to illustrate issues relating to epistemology. But it also has clear implications for other domains of philosophy as ontology, anthropology and even politics and ethics; some interpreters have also seen religious …show more content…
Suppose, says Plato, that one of the prisoners, "according to nature" and obligate him to get up, go back to the light and look to the other side of the cavern (Plato 429 a). The prisoner would be unable to perceive things whose shadows he had seen before. He would be confused and believe that the shadows are more perceived than before true or real than the things we see now. If you are forced to face the same light they would hurt your eyes and try to turn their gaze to the above objects perceived. If the force is dragged outward feel pain and, accustomed to the darkness, I could not perceive anything. In the outside world it would be easier to look at the shadows, then reflections of men and objects in the water, then men and the objects themselves first. The following night contemplate what is in the sky and the light of the stars and the moon. Finally perceive the sun, but not in images but in and of itself. After that it would conclude with respect to the sun, which is what causes the seasons and years, which governs everything in the visible area and that somehow causes the things they had
Plato argues that when analyzing the …show more content…
n the book VII of "Republic" (514a-516d), Plato presents the myth of the cave. It is undoubtedly the most important and well-known author of this myth. Plato expressly says that the myth wants to be a metaphor "of our nature in respect of education and lack of education," ie, it serves to illustrate issues relating to epistemology. But it also has clear implications for other domains of philosophy as ontology, anthropology and even politics and ethics; some interpreters have also seen religious …show more content…
Suppose, says Plato, that one of the prisoners, "according to nature" and obligate him to get up, go back to the light and look to the other side of the cavern (Plato 429 a). The prisoner would be unable to perceive things whose shadows he had seen before. He would be confused and believe that the shadows are more perceived than before true or real than the things we see now. If you are forced to face the same light they would hurt your eyes and try to turn their gaze to the above objects perceived. If the force is dragged outward feel pain and, accustomed to the darkness, I could not perceive anything. In the outside world it would be easier to look at the shadows, then reflections of men and objects in the water, then men and the objects themselves first. The following night contemplate what is in the sky and the light of the stars and the moon. Finally perceive the sun, but not in images but in and of itself. After that it would conclude with respect to the sun, which is what causes the seasons and years, which governs everything in the visible area and that somehow causes the things they had