Platos allegory of the Cave
Plato was born 427 BC and died 347 BC He was a pupil under Socrates.
During his studies, Plato wrote the Dialogues, which are a collection of Socrates'
teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is "The Allegory of the
Cave". "The Allegory..." symbolizes man's struggle to reach understanding and
enlightenment. First of all, Plato believed that one can only learn through dialectic
reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to travel from the visible realm of
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…was scoffed at and labeled mad, for all the
prisoners know and perceive are just shadows on a wall which are just gross
distortions of reality. Darwin walked the path to understanding just like the escaped
prisoner in "The Allegory of the Cave." Plato's parable greatly symbolizes man's
struggle to reach the light and the suffering of those left behind who are forced to sit
in the dark and stare at shadows on a wall.
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