plato's allegory of the cave

Today in class we went through a video. And the following information is the notes that I took during class.

  • Plato's allegory of the cave 
    • a story, poem, or picture that can contain a modern meaning or a moral, or political lesson 
    • facing wall
    • hands tied up 
    • fire behind them 
    • only can see shadows 
      • so this is all they know 
    • they identify things they are seeing but aren't actually seeing it 
    • first time going outside 
      • it was very disorienting 
        • only one was released at first 
        • examined mostly shadows, because thats all he knew 
          • he was enlightened by reality 
    • the sun whose light is the ultimate source of everything seen 
      • his friends thought the journey was stupid 
    • most people just aren't comfortable in their ignorance but hostile to anyone who points it out 
    • Plato spends most time discouraging Athenian democracy while promoting the rule of Philosopher Kings
    • Allegory can be read in many different ways
      • things in the physical world are flawed reflections of ideal forms
      • cave= the nature of reality itself 
    • the ideal forms exist in the mind of the creator 
    • grouping things under abstract terms 
    • things outside the cave are any more real than the shadows

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