The Allegory of the Cave To make his philosophy understandable Plato uses the allegory of the cave: all humans are prisoners of a cave The cave represents where we start intellectually since our childhood, with lack of self-questioning, to beliefs that we think true. This cave seems like reality for us and we do not try to question it (yet). The shadow as this reality are simple"reflections" of our reality, so we are prisoners. Afterwards, with the help of philosophers, prisoners will rethink...

The Allegory of the Cave To make his philosophy understandable Plato uses the allegory of the cave: all humans are prisoners of a cave The cave represents where we start intellectually since our childhood, with lack of self-questioning, to beliefs that we think true. This cave seems like reality for us and we do not try to question it (yet). The shadow as this reality are simple"reflections" of our reality, so we are prisoners. Afterwards, with the help of philosophers, prisoners will rethink...