Escape from Plato's Cave

The fable of the cave is one of the most famous metaphor of Plato. There, imagine a group of people trapped in the cave. I only know the shadow of the wall in front of them. He said that they would think that the shadow is the real world and nothing else. Then he asked us to imagine the prisoner freed from prisoners. It is difficult for him to first see the fire as his eyes are not used to it. He believes that fire is not as clear as the shadow. As he goes out to sunbathe in the sun, his brightness will be more dazzling but as time goes on people will gradually understand the "real world" . Then Plato said that even if they are reluctant to laugh at him, they have an obligation to return to the cave and teach prisoners about the real world.

Some people say movies like Matrix have a similar theme, and more is kung fu. When you step into it, Plato may have learned one or two things at Wachowskis' s Kung Fu Front.

The cave fable is an expanded metaphor providing insight into Plato's educational outlook. People in the cave portray us as a society, and Plato suggests we are a prisoner in the cave just by shadowing things. However, the cave also represents the state of mankind, we all are departing from the cave. According to Ronald Nash, Plato believes Plato will use caves to symbolize the physical world; things are not always the same, there are more worlds people think. The outside world is expressed as thought, thought, and reality world - throughout the world of thought, Plato is talking about non-material forms, and these non-physical shapes give higher, more accurate reality It shows. In other words, "According to Plato, our senses only pursue the reality of shadows, shapes, or ideas of reality.This kind of reality is accurate only by reasonable emotions, not physical emotions It can be identified. "

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:

One of the most famous fables in history is Plato's cave fable where groups of people are trapped in the cave and you can see the shadows of the outside world projected on the walls of the cave. A single person ran away from the cave and was able to see the reality for the first time. But when I reintroduced into the cave and portrayed the outside world, people still connected to the wall refused to accept another explanation and vision. Plato's allegory aims to symbolize the difficulty of philosophers trying to broaden the view of the general public.