Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Plato:The Allegory of the Cave
In Plato's: The Allegory of the Cave he Expreces some ideas i feel that are true but leaves out part of the idea leaving me with question. This may be because of my beliefe or even just because of the way i read and understood the text. To start off he talked about the feeling of the slaves. Yes i do believe if a slave was unleashed and aloud to go and view the world they would at first be suprised and they probubly would not enjoy it at first, but latter adapt because as humans we are known to adapt. Eventually not wanting to return to the cave that once was all they new, and even feeling pitty for the people still stuck as slaves. But i also believe that each slave would feel different about the situation, just like when a high school senior graduates and is alound to finaly leave the house, some are ready and open to the new "real world" others arent yet prepared, and soon return home. Every human has their own opinion that we form from our life experiences, and that makes us who we are. I think that is what Plato was saying, we live life by the knowledge that we hold and how we view it then also how we use it. Some people when they gain new knowledge they go with what they now know and live a better life. But others gain knowledge and persist on living the old way. That said the more knowledge the avrage person gains the better the life to be led. Like in the writing the slaves gained knowldge of the "real world" and had what they thought to be a better life.
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