Allegory Of The Cave Flashcards
Who wrote The Allegory of the Cave?
Plato, an Athenian philosopher who preached against Athen democracy
Who did Plato study under?
Socrates, the central figure in Plato’s book
What is The Republic?
The book which Plato’s allegory comes from. It is a philosophical discussion centered around Socrates
Who was Plato’s student?
Aristotle
What is an allegory?
A simple story which represents more abstract meaning
What do the prisoners represent?
Most of us in society
What do the shadows represent?
What the prisoners have been told is real, but this is not the real truth
What does the sun represent?
Knowledge, or what is real and true
What does the journey to the light represent?
The seeker who’s trying to find the real truth
What does the return to the cave represent?
The seekers need to help others
What is Plato trying to say to all of us?
As humans we are too ignorant and we need to be open to new philosophies.
“The world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth” is…
The matrix/cave
