Socrates' Analogy of the Cave

At the beginning of Book 7, in order to better explain the education of philosophers, Socrates began establishing analogies to go up and down in the "cave". In analogy to the cave of Socrates, a group of people were trapped in dark underground caves from a young age. People are kept there and connections are designed to allow them to play with what is in front of them by depriving them of their capabilities. Separate prisoners from other groups Socrates Cave also has partitions and compartments and walks through the road with statues that shape all living things shapes Sounds as others

Plato is a Greek philosopher and a Socrates student. The analogy of the cave in the Republic of Plato is the dialogue between Socrates and the Platon brothers' Glaucon. In "analogy of the cave", Platon depicts the prisoner who lived alone in a narrow place of the cave. Metaphor to explain the knowledge of the philosophy of Plato's journey, and he not only to encounter the road, but also the cave prisoners, they did not take the real knowledge of the trip, live their lives, Things to see only on the surface, and what they want to see

When Socrates introduced the cave analogy it was not able to recognize the similarities between it and his own actions in that dialogue. Finally, Socrates seems to be true. A philosopher to the cave said in the first line of the back book, "When I said yesterday, Glaucoma and Piraeus go" (327 A). Now it is clear that Socrates himself was in the cave, somewhat contrary to his will, the two talkers turned the light of knowledge from the darkness of ignorance and contribute to the realization of Jesus. Socrates opposed by Glaucon, Adeimantus, Cepalos, Paul Merchants and View, Slashmachas Point in the traditional fighting of the city. Furthermore, since he defends the philosophy of Socrates and talks with apology for the purpose, he seems to be more like a book's theme rather than a true educational philosopher, rather than a "noble dog" guardian of education I will.