Blog 4-The Allegory of the Cave

    

    In the book the allegory of the cave by Plato, the author was talking about how people lived in an illusion. Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to the author, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. and when one of the prisoners was set free to have a view of reality, he now realize that he was living in a false life all through his life .So he went back to the cave to change his fellow prisoners view of life, But they all disagree with him and said that he has lost his sight, and he will be sentenced to death. The author then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.