-Plato lets Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Plato's Socrates, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.
SAMPLE SENTENCES
-The allegory describes the creation of philosophers.
-Modern day people also can be prisoners chained and only watching reality TV.
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Suffolk News Herald
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This article relates Plato's Allegory to a construction site in Suffolk, VA. It talks about the many applications that the Allegory can have in modern times.
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