Allegory_Of_Cave

Allegory Of Cave In The Republic by Plato, we find the Allegory of the Cave, a symbolic story, told by Socrates, which asserts that all humanity starts out in ignorance and is eventually pushed to seek further knowledge. Socrates believed that those who through their inclination to learn the truth leave the Cave, are dutifully to return and help others find the world that existed on the surface. However, I must agree with Glaucon’s hesitation about forcing someone who has managed to leave the Cave and have become accustomed to the surface’s way of life and enlightenment to return to ignorance to save others if it makes them unhappy. I will try to explain my doubts through comparison to modern day religions and our uncertainty as to the discovery of the truth. In the allegory, Socrates describes a dark cave deep in the Earth. In the back of the cave there is a fire, the only light and the only way to see in the cave. In front of the fire is a roadway with people walking across with objects to cast shadows with the fire. These objects are cutouts, consisting of the shapes of animals and plants. Plato is describing cave, socrates, others, prisoner, light, way, truth, prisoners, fire, try, should, return, life, knowledge, just, great, feel, enlightened, world, surface, out, leave, help, case, teach, state, someone, seen, risk, religions, own, objects, learn, god, glaucon