The cave image is offered as "an analogy for the human condition -- for our education or lack of it" . Imagine prisoners in a cave, chained and unable to turn their heads; as a result they see only what is directly in front of them. What they see are shadows cast by objects behind them which are illuminated by firelight further behind and above them. The objects are carried along and extend above a low wall behind the prisoners. The bearers of the objects are hidden behind the wall and so cast no shadows; but occasionally they speak, and the echoes of these words reach the prisoners and seem to come from the shadows. The prisoners can talk among themselves, and they naturally assume that the names they use apply to what they see and hear -- the shadows passing in front of them. Socrates offers a grim assessment of their plight: "The shadows of artifacts constitute the only reality people in this situation would recognize".
The mater changes, and so, well it means that nothing inthe world is true and such.
And the soul when a person dies visits the realm of the forms where it gets shown the truth, and gets returned to earth to get a new body like a person exchanging a car.
The education should be designed to create philosopher kings, who ideally would be reluctant, and their rule would be absolute as they were wise and such.
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The cave image is offered as "an analogy for the human condition -- for our education or lack of it" . Imagine prisoners in a cave, chained and unable to turn their heads; as a result they see only what is directly in front of them. What they see are shadows cast by objects behind them which are illuminated by firelight further behind and above them. The objects are carried along and extend above a low wall behind the prisoners. The bearers of the objects are hidden behind the wall and so cast no shadows; but occasionally they speak, and the echoes of these words reach the prisoners and seem to come from the shadows. The prisoners can talk among themselves, and they naturally assume that the names they use apply to what they see and hear -- the shadows passing in front of them. Socrates offers a grim assessment of their plight: "The shadows of artifacts constitute the only reality people in this situation would recognize".
Well, we can't have true knowledge of anything.
The mater changes, and so, well it means that nothing inthe world is true and such.
And the soul when a person dies visits the realm of the forms where it gets shown the truth, and gets returned to earth to get a new body like a person exchanging a car.
The education should be designed to create philosopher kings, who ideally would be reluctant, and their rule would be absolute as they were wise and such.