: please explain plato’s allegory of the cave theory
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If shadows and silhouettes were the only thing you and your buddy Mike ever saw your entire lives, you would have built your views of the world based on only these shadows, but one day you walk outside the cave and see that there is way more to the world than just shadows. You wanna tell your buddy Mike about this whole other world, but he’s only ever known shadows, and he can’t see you, just your shadow.
Basically it’s explaining the difference between belief and knowledge. You can believe that the only thing to life is shadows, and someone can know that there’s more, but you’re so intent on your belief that you yourself think that you know the truth.
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