Thursday, March 17, 2011
Blog entry 5: "Allegory of the cave"
The Allegory Of The Cave from book VII of The republic by Plato states that human beings that have been chained up in an underground cave all their life, can only adapt to a world of shadows and echoes of unfamiliar objects.These human beings are chained up and cant turn their heads. when a former prisoner is released, He discover a new world. The real world. He is excited and wants to share his new experience with his follow prisoners.But when he try to go back to the underground cave, his follow prisoner does not recognize him or his voice. He has become just another unfamiliar object of a shadow and echo to his follower prisoners.
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