Plato's Cave

The basic premise of Plato cave is to describe the essence of human beings, hide the reality of reality, to regard fake images and information as reality. In the fable, Plano tells the story of the person taking the way of the Gnostic. The prisoners believe that they can only see the shadows in front of the walls and be able to see themselves in the cave from the early days when their hands and feet were restrained so that they could not move or see each other Sitting on the feet and the neck, they do not understand with a three dimensional body.

The influence of the cave fables (also known as cave analogies, cave and cave Plato's allegory) influences the Greek philosopher Platon in the Republic "(514 A - 520 A)" ...... Education It is suggested to compare to his work "" (παιδεία) and our lack of nature. "It was written by Plato's younger brother Glaucon and his leader Socrates, by the latter narration, It is dialogue with. This allegory is a day (analogy with 508 B - 509 c) After the proposed boundary analogy (509 d, 513 e). These are three

A cave fable is an extended metaphor that provides insight about Plato's educational outlook. People painting our cave as a society, Plato suggests we are seeing the only shadow of cave prisoners things. However, this cave represents the state of mankind, and we all begin with a cave. According to Ronald Nash, Plato says: Plato's cave symbolizes the physical world, things are not always in the world, but also far more than one might think the world. Throughout the idea world, Plato is talked about non-material forms and these non-physical forms - outside the higher precision reality, outside world - are presented as ideas, thoughts and the reality of the world . In other words, "According to Plato, our sense of pursuit of the real shadow of reality, the reality of shapes and ideas, to identify exactly the physical meaning, not just for this reality reason." so

Known as Plato's Socrates by "Plato's Cave Metaphor" and "Cave Fables" today, it was raised in a dialogue with Glaucon (a friend of his philosopher) as an enlightenment and Plato-related republic Experiment (Yes, they can define what quality) I thought the king and / or subsidiary of the philosopher of the guardian class should have. That is, it is part of a "more ways to create an ideal republic" dialogue. The point is this, the prisoners can see the shadow of your own wall, locked in the cave. They see that the shadows are true for them, but only in the shadow of the room real object shadow In fact, the prisoners put their shadows from the flames behind them on the cave wall