Knowledge can either be accepted or rejected by the people in this world. In the Allegory of the Cave Plato writes an allegory about people and knowledge. In Plato’s allegory, there are many hidden meanings about knowledge and the ignorance of people. Like the cave where the prisoners are chained up and only able to see the wall with shadows, represents the people in an ignorant world who are limited by what they perceive as the “real” world. In the allegory, there is another hidden meaning behind what Socrates says when he mentions that there are two kinds of eyes that come from two kinds of causes, “either from coming out of the light or from going into the light” (Plato). This saying by Socrates is a hidden reference to knowledge and learning.
Going into the light means that one has gained knowledge and broken free from the chains of ignorance. But in order to go into the light, one must first break free from the chains of limitations, journey through the darkness, and then endure the light before finally facing the light. For example, when the prisoner who …show more content…
Such as, when the escaped prisoner, who finally gets used to the light. suddenly remembers his old home and fellow prisoners and goes back to tell them about the world he saw and that the realities they saw were only shadows. This prisoner goes back and tries to tell them the truth, but fails to do so because he cannot see the shadows in the cave as clear as before and so the other prisoners will think that “he went and down he came without his eyes” and it would be better to “not even to think of ascending” (Plato). Coming out of the light and rejecting the truth lets one stay in an ignorant world, but compared to the one who goes into the light, the one who comes out of the light and into the darkness is not
Going into the light means that one has gained knowledge and broken free from the chains of ignorance. But in order to go into the light, one must first break free from the chains of limitations, journey through the darkness, and then endure the light before finally facing the light. For example, when the prisoner who …show more content…
Such as, when the escaped prisoner, who finally gets used to the light. suddenly remembers his old home and fellow prisoners and goes back to tell them about the world he saw and that the realities they saw were only shadows. This prisoner goes back and tries to tell them the truth, but fails to do so because he cannot see the shadows in the cave as clear as before and so the other prisoners will think that “he went and down he came without his eyes” and it would be better to “not even to think of ascending” (Plato). Coming out of the light and rejecting the truth lets one stay in an ignorant world, but compared to the one who goes into the light, the one who comes out of the light and into the darkness is not