Plato's momentous CAVE.....

Let us enter the CAVE in which Plato resides....

let us begin the journey......

Plato's analogy depicts a group of people being imprisoned in a cave and being tricked into thinking shadows cast on a cave wall are all reality has to offer (they lived their entire lives this way, they've never been outside). But if you can somehow escape, you'll get out of the cave. For the first time, you will see sunlight and 3 dimensions and such, and your mind will be blown; you'll be blinded and confused. Then, you'll want to free others. But the majority of prisoners will not leave with you no matter what you say, convinced that the shadows are the real world.

            The cave is an analogy that is trying to make a point about the real world. Consider a philosopher in a world of ordinary city people. Ordinary people don't realize how blind they are in their daily lives. If one such person suddenly started seeing truth, they would at first be blinded and confused. But then they would try to show others. But others won't really listen. If he pushes too hard, they will label him crazy and shun him, preferring to keep their lives comfortable.

The task that was assigned to us was:

1.      Choose a setting/reality that is similar to this story.

Well, I would change the setting to the smaller scope which is friendship

      2.      In your opinion what do these objects symbolizes:

                                  I   The prisoners- The people who are searching for friends

                                 II.   The chains-the longing for friendship

                                 III. The fire-feeling of true friendship which is ever changing

                                  IV. The shadows and the images-blurry images one have of a true friend

                                   V.  The puppet players-the person who pretends to be friends with you

                                   VI. The old man- Society
                                  

3.      Based on the setting/reality which you have selected, why do you think the prisoner hurt his eyes when he first liberated?

The person cannot accept that he or she does not have a real friend or those whom he considered to be his friends are indeed liars and two faced.

4.      In the context which you have selected, why do you think that the prisoner still insist that the images which he has seen before are much real that the statues?

The person is used to the shadows and the image of the person whom he thinks as his real friends so he can’t believe any other things even if they are truly real.

THAT IS WHAT THE SCOPE OF FRIENDSHIP CAN BE SEEN BY USING PLATO’S MYTH OF THE CAVE. ^_^

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