Brief Summary on The Allegory of the Cave

Plato thinks that human life on earth is like a deep hole of ignorance and miserable living. People tie their legs and necks, so they can not move from their own place or see the surroundings. They have fire above and below, they can just see a shadow on the wall like a puppet theater

Because of this limited condition, what they see on the wall is considered a fact. They lived in this situation for many years, so I do not know anything about the real world besides the caves. Therefore, wall image and echo of various sounds are their ultimate truth.

When one of them is released and dragged by a hole, he suffers severe pain. First of all, the hands and feet that he released brought pain to him, and then the hard work of going up to bring pain to him, and then the real world outside the sun took his eyes It was dazzling. He must be used to the new environment and new things. When his eyes adjusted, he began to see the truth. Therefore, he believes that he has the opportunity to see the truth and is lucky enough to compass the compatriots who are still living in the dark and ignorant world.

Therefore, according to Plato, the cave is the sensory world, which prevents us from making an upward journey to the real world. Upward trip is the rise to the intellectual world of the soul. In this knowledge world the concept of good will eventually appear. If this benefit is realized, people will morally acquire all good things, and get reason and truth.

Plato believes legislators will be responsible for managing public relations using these intellectuals. Currently, only selfish and ambitious people are interested in the administration. These people are more concerned about self-satisfaction than public services. This is why countries that are governed by many selfish people are constantly experiencing confusion. If these intellectuals are included in the public service sector, they will jointly govern the country, so the country will have peace, order and progress.

How is Aristotle different from Plato in his imitation theory? And what is the relationship between imitation and morality?

The fable of the cave is one of the most famous passage in the history of Western philosophy. This is a brief excerpt from the beginning of Volume 7 of the book 'Republic'. Plato speaks a fable in the context of education; it is ultimately about the essence of philosophy education that provides insight into Plato's educational outlook. Socrates is the protagonist of the Republic and tells Glaucon about the cave fables and Glaucon is one of Plato 's brothers. In the seventh book of the Republic, Socrates told Glaucon that he imagined a group of prisoners as they were children in the underground cave that he is an interlocutor of his. Hands, feet, neck are tied so as not to move. Only the rear wall of the cave can be seen in front of their eyes. Socrates said:

Please climb up from the cave in the cave of Plato of Allegory in the cave. In the "fable of the cave", the prisoners who are bound are limited in their view on reality. Initially they could only see the shadow of movement on their front wall. When released, the prisoners' reality will change as people can see these shadows making up. Then the prisoner can climb the cave and finally sunbathe. After leaving the cave, the prisoner accepted the new one.