In Plato’s, Allegory Of The Cave, the cave is a representation of the world we live in. The chains represent the hold politicians have on our life. The light represents the daylight, awareness and knowledge. The darkness represents the night time, blindness, and unconsciousness. The fire is a representation of the sun.
He uses the comparison, material world versus world of ideas, in which the material world is what we perceive as reality because that is all we can observe. The material world is of the physical senses and not of the essence of it all. Let me show how far our nature is enlightened or not unenlightened. (Plato, 2014) Unenlightened; being the material world filled with people of the perplexed mind, confusion and ignorance. …show more content…
One reason is that no one wants their taxes to go up. If the rich is in office their object is to target the little man in which most will agree is wrong. Why take from people who already have so little. On the other hand, if the poor is in office their target is to take from the rich. It seems only right to take from a class that most likely won't even feel the difference, in which everyone will be progressing. No man will be left behind. One day I was told a story on how a man ate at a diner and ordered some food. He then ordered some drinks and desert. He then told the waiter he wanted to order something to go. After she came back with his to go bag she handed him the check. He said to her “you are a good waitress, your service was excellent. Can I ask you a question ?” the waitress said,” sure”. The man asked if she was a republican or a democrat. She answered, “I am democrat.” He said, “oh really well because you worked so hard, I'm going to give you a good tip”. The man proceeded to pull out a fifty dollar bill. He then said to her “you see that homeless man out there on the street.” She looks and then says “yes.” The man says “well I'm going to give him your fifty dollars that you worked so hard for to get. After all, that’s what you democrats are all about right.” The point is the rich don’t want to be told who to give their money to. They feel they work hard to earn it and so could everybody else. No handouts should be given. They believe if you work hard you will be awarded. They have no idea that, that’s not always true. I mean I'm in school and its costing thousands of dollars. Some people can do their best in school and receive scholarships but not everyone will. Everybody needs some kind of help. But you cant tell that to someone who doesn’t know what its like to have come from the underground den just like you cant explain and
He uses the comparison, material world versus world of ideas, in which the material world is what we perceive as reality because that is all we can observe. The material world is of the physical senses and not of the essence of it all. Let me show how far our nature is enlightened or not unenlightened. (Plato, 2014) Unenlightened; being the material world filled with people of the perplexed mind, confusion and ignorance. …show more content…
One reason is that no one wants their taxes to go up. If the rich is in office their object is to target the little man in which most will agree is wrong. Why take from people who already have so little. On the other hand, if the poor is in office their target is to take from the rich. It seems only right to take from a class that most likely won't even feel the difference, in which everyone will be progressing. No man will be left behind. One day I was told a story on how a man ate at a diner and ordered some food. He then ordered some drinks and desert. He then told the waiter he wanted to order something to go. After she came back with his to go bag she handed him the check. He said to her “you are a good waitress, your service was excellent. Can I ask you a question ?” the waitress said,” sure”. The man asked if she was a republican or a democrat. She answered, “I am democrat.” He said, “oh really well because you worked so hard, I'm going to give you a good tip”. The man proceeded to pull out a fifty dollar bill. He then said to her “you see that homeless man out there on the street.” She looks and then says “yes.” The man says “well I'm going to give him your fifty dollars that you worked so hard for to get. After all, that’s what you democrats are all about right.” The point is the rich don’t want to be told who to give their money to. They feel they work hard to earn it and so could everybody else. No handouts should be given. They believe if you work hard you will be awarded. They have no idea that, that’s not always true. I mean I'm in school and its costing thousands of dollars. Some people can do their best in school and receive scholarships but not everyone will. Everybody needs some kind of help. But you cant tell that to someone who doesn’t know what its like to have come from the underground den just like you cant explain and