Friday, August 21, 2009

Allegory of the Cave Part 1- story

The Allegory of the Cave is really a conversation between two people, Socrates and Glaucon, and Socrates is saying well what if there is this man, who live this way and he is tied down and forced to see these shadows, but there were others being forced into this. But lets say he was taken from this environment hes lived in until that time, he wouldn't be able to adjust his eyes just yet, so he adjusts them slowly but when he sees well he doesn't want to believe it's real. But what if eventually he does believe that this reality really is the reality of things, so wants to go back to free everyone else from they're false reality.But the people who took him out say no if you do they will kill you but he still does to do the right thing.So when hes there he says this isn't real you have been living a false reality come with me and you can be freed from this tyranny. But from him Contradicting they're beliefs they kill him because they don't want to believe that they have been living a lie this whole time. So the Allegory of the Cave was really when you think about it, a lesson. The lesson is that you can show people undeniable proof that what they believe is wrong, and you can show them that proof but it doesn't mean they will believe you nor does it mean they will stand it.

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