Who would have known something that was written so long ago, would still be so relevant in the current media flooded 21st century; Plato, a great Greek philosopher created a timeless piece of writing, which brings to attention the ignorance of society, a society that’s perception on reality is clouded, and the only way to achieve the true vision of reality is through knowledge, which brings us to Plato’s “Allegory Of The Cave.”
In the short chapter from Plato’s Republic one can come to the conclusion that the more knowledge you take in (done with reasonable thinking) the better you can interpret a clearer perception of reality. Plato believed that the only way in becoming more knowledgeable, one had to adopt the theory of logical reasoning and open-mindness in order to comprehend simple reality.
In this chapter few humans live in an illusion version of a utopia, they truly believe in this world because that is all they know. If one were to leave there perfect version of a world and discover the shocking reality of earth (portrayed as a sharp blinding light) they would soon learn that they have been living a lie. Once coming to the notion that it is earth that is reality and not the make believe world one would want to share there findings. Finding out that earth is no utopia at all, one would dismiss the truth with ignorance and continue to live in there “perfect” world and refuse to believe in any other version of earth and will remove someone that they deem a danger to their concept This short exert is much like the world we live in today, our humanity is bombarded with gossip and trashy magazines which can blur our vision of reality. We get so caught up in the glitz and drama of celebrities that we sometimes refuse to believe in the tragedies of humanity.
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