When any of the prisoners would be freed and urged to stand up and turn his head around and walk toward the light, sharp pains would be experienced. ... Then he would come to remember his old habitation in the cave and the delusions seen by his fellow prisoners. ...

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This explains that it is an innate notion, where the soul always has the knowledge and can be obtained through remembering said knowledge. ... Through this concept, Socrates dictates that, "When any of them is liberated and compelled suddenly to stand up and turn his neck round and walk and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains; the glare will distress him, and he will be unable to see the realities" (The Search for Knowledge 95). ...

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