The Search For Truth In Plato's Cave

When the first human being stepped outside of the cavern and faced the Nature’s forces and his own fears, he was determined to step on the Moon’s surface. That was a very long road, but that first step was done after two important considerations: staying in that cavern, protected against the unknown or finding out an entire world and so many possibilities. Being a friend of the wisdom or living under the comfort of the ignorance. That was the decision to be taken.

As per Socrates, pursuing truth is the main purpose of one’s life. Questioning himself or someone else in a process of looking for the prime answer was the Socratic method. That was his attitude about philosophy, i.e., a constant searching for the real truth. Because of that, he was accused of corrupting the youth of his time. As his mother, who was a midwife, he believed that his mission was to help people to come to the light, that is, to the wisdom, to be wiser …show more content…
The human being will find the real happiness when they leave the cavern and face the light (the wisdom) directly. Again, there is no happiness in the darkness, with the shadows, but only outside, where everything is what they are supposed to be. And only there, under the Sun, where truth is the Truth, the mankind can find the real …show more content…
It is a fact that pursuing the wisdom has a high price; a constant action of breaking the comfort zone. However, when I look at the humankind achievements, I can see that was the questioning process that took us from the caverns and led us to land on the Moon; even the worst human action, the war, has nowadays rules (Geneva conventions); and many others humankind’s improvements. I am sure that we are so far from the ideal situation, but questioning our current status and looking for answers have guided us to that