... versus imagination, and what they need to do to reach this clarification. Plato lived 427-327 B.C. Plato's mentor was Socrates, as he uses him in the Allegory of the Cave. Plato was a writer and a teacher who wrote in forms of dialogues. Plato believed that education is only directing student's minds towards what is important and real. For people to have clarification, they have to see things ... for themselves. He believed educated individuals have a fix on reality unlike the rest of us. The Allegory of the cave is a way of explaining what Plato is trying to get across to people by ......

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Plato's Cave Allegory The Cave allegory Plato spoke about was not attributed to a "cave" in the literal sense, but rather to an inner "cave" that resides in all individuals. He referenced rows of people at different levels; the first only knows a wall with shadows. On the elevation behind the first row, they are aware of the existence of other and the various objects they carry. All of the people within the cave, both those facing the wall and those on the elevated wall ... have one thing in common; they are all "prisoners". Some have knowledge of objects and materials and of others existence...

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"Allegory of the Cave" The prison dwelling and the visible realm are compared to one another in the first sentence of the text. The realm is dark, with the exception of a small, well-kept fire. This burning fire is almost a representation of the burning sun that shines in the outer world. This sun is interpreted as the "idea of the good." The fire inside the cave helps guide the prisoners to use their senses. Without it, they would see nothing, not even their ... seen in ideas or forms. This is known as the intelligible realm. We find these ideas in the rational part of the soul. The outside ...

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... , moral psychology, epistemology, and metaphysics. The Metaphor of the Divided Line also created by Plato represents the levels of knowledge one can obtain. From this metaphor comes the Forms, and how the understanding of this Forms and applying them will help society. In his theory Allegory of the cave he explains the reason why society needs to be educated, sees the good in people and says the "bad" actions one commits ... is? That was admitted. Then the just has turned out to be wise and good and the unjust evil and ignorant." In his theory of Allegory of the Cave he refers the sun as...

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... can not exist without a social system, which can not function without politics, it proves Plato's claim that human beings are political animals. The importance of existing though freedom, knowledge, and enlightenment is accentuated by Plato on The Republic. He uses the cave allegory to highlight how human beings will not survive the darkness unless they act together and be led by a philosopher king who leads them to ... who sail in ships governed in that way" (plato, VI,484). The fact that this allegory applies to any person in any circumstance proves that it is indeed our unchangeable ...

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... called, "suches," they are modifications of things that have properties. In general, we can say that Plato's philosophy is depicted in Allegory of the Cave. The allegory of the liberation of the slave from darkness, deceit, and untruth and the slave's hard journey into the light and warmth of the truth has inspired many philosophers and social leaders. (Palmer, p.59) in the allegory of the cave: Sensible Realm vs. Realm of Forms The Cave Outside of Cave Source of error Source of true knowledge and all reality ... Ignorance Exists in dependently of our minds Senses deceive (changing) (be...

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... are only familiar with the appearances of shadows and thus they mistake appearance, which are the shadows, for Reality. Furthermore, they do not know what causes the shadows. We can reach the forms through the mind much like a sixth sense. We apprehend the higher world through mind in much the same way that we apprehend this world with our eyes. The cave allegory also proves that the role of education is not to ... teach in the sense of feeding people information they do not have, but rather to shed ... light on things they already know. Since the soul is immortal ... ...

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... this theory with three approaches: his allegory of The Cave, his metaphor of the Divided Line and his doctrine The Forms. Each theory is interconnected; one could not be without the other. Here we will explore how one relates to the other. In The Cave, Plato describes a vision of shackled prisoners seated in a dark cave facing the wall. Chained also by their necks, the prisoners can only look forward and see ... difficult, his eye adjustment painful and suggestions of the effects of returning to the cave. The Cave suggests to us that Plato saw most of humanity living in "the cave", in t...

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... approaches: his allegory of The Cave, his metaphor of the Divided Line and his doctrine The Forms. Each theory is interconnected; one could not be without the other. In The Cave, Plato describes a vision of shackled prisoners seated in a dark cave facing the wall. Chained also by their necks, the prisoners can only look forward and see only shadows. These shadows are produced by men, with shapes of objects or men ... difficult, his eye adjustment painful and suggestions of the effects of returning to the cave. The Cave suggests to us that Plato saw most of humanity living in "the cave", ...

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... object differently. Plato's basic theory is that an idea is more real than an instance of that idea. This theory is represented by the cave in Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The cave represents the world of appearances, of illusion, of ignorance, and of change. Plato's theories on reality versus illusion fall into line with the unifying concept of idealism. Idealism is the philosophical view that ideas make up reality. Through this philosophy, we are supposed to ... be able to use our minds to move from the physical world of appearances into the better intelligible world of reality. The ...

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