AHSS*1100 Midterm: plato cave
Document Summary
In front of them is wall, behind is fire. The prisoners can only see shadows and the sounds of the ppl talking echo off of the shadowed wall and the prisoners falsely believe these sounds come from the shadows. Cave represents the imperfect, unexplored, + unexamined life. By pursuing plspcal knowledge with courage + persistence, get to a place where you can see them. Once you see them, you"ll never be satisfied with world most ppl see and will try to get friends to see it like you do but most of them will laugh like the other prisoners did. Allegory is a story that can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning; metaphor. Plsp is impt for a proper examination + fully lived life with nature of reality which is what allegory is concerned with. Visible spectrum (humans can only see a fraction of the spectrum)
