Platos cave

Question 1

what is Eikasia

Answer 1

• immagination in greek
• used by Plato to refer to the human way of dealing with appearances.
• inability to perceive whether a perception is an image of something else
• what is a dream/memory or whats reality

LINK TO CAVE - prisoners only see shadows of whats real

Question 2

what does cave represent

Answer 2

Cave- represents the narrow, enclosed world we live in today

Question 3

what does the outside represent

Answer 3

Outside the world- a priori knowledge

Question 4

what does sun represent

Answer 4

Sun- the form of the good

Question 5

what does the fire represent

Answer 5

Fire- an imitation or particulate of the form of the good

Question 6

what does the shadows represent

Answer 6

Shadows- everything in our world that is physical and will decay

Question 7

what does the people represent

Answer 7

Ppl carrying objects- leaders of Athens= corrupt and did not want ppl to question them= why Socrates was killed

Question 8

what does chained prisoners represent

Answer 8

Chained prisoner- US only have a posterior knowledge= can’t be trusted+ hold us back

Question 9

what does released prisoners represent

Answer 9

Released prisoner- Socrates other prisoners do not believe him as he is distorted and their a posteriori knowledge holds them back light is blinding but we adapt