: please explain plato’s allegory of the cave theory
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It’s an allegory for perception vs. education/higher reasoning. Basically, the shadows on the wall seem like the real world to the people in the cave because that is all they have known, and few question there is anything more to it than that. Whereas those that seek a higher level of reasoning find out that the shadows were just a poor representation of the world’s truths.
The story itself was about philosophers and a sort of justification or explanation of what they seek to do. But you could argue it’s a kind of warning to people to keep seeking to understand and stay educated lest you remain a prisoner chained up in a shallow cave the rest of your life.
Edit: Was just rereading this and imagined Plato yelling “wake up, sheeple!”
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