The Allegory of the Cave by Plato
A
specific philosophical work by Plato called The Allegory of the Cave is
frequently brought up in conversations about how people view reality and
whether there is a higher truth to life. With examples from movies that were
influenced by Plato's cave, we'll go over this allegory in great depth.
The
philosopher Plato developed the Allegory of the Cave as a way to reflect on the
differences between belief and knowledge. According to the allegory, there is a
prisoner who is chained up in a cave. A fire is behind the inmates, while
others carrying puppets or other objects are standing between the fire and the
prisoners. The inmates observe these shadows and think they are genuine. This
prisoner might manage to get out of the cave and find a whole new world that
they were previously ignorant of. This prisoner would think that the world
beyond the cave was much more real. He would attempt to come back and release
the other inmates. The chained prisoners would notice this blindness and think
that if they attempt to exit the cave, they will be hurt.