The allegory of the cave is about how people are trapped by their perception of the world. If all that a person sees is their reality, how much of that is the truth and how much is something put there on display?
It is about prisoners in a cave, chained so that they may not see anything but shadows. They have no knowledge of the world outside of the cave.
Plato wrote The Allegory of the Cave.
Allegory of the cave
chicken in a box
chicken in a box
When the man is removed from the cave he is brought into the light. That is enlightenment.
The fire in the cave represents the illusions that keep us in the dark from the truth.
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"the good"
The fire in the cave represents the illusions that keep us in the dark from the truth.
It is about prisoners in a cave, chained so that they may not see anything but shadows. They have no knowledge of the world outside of the cave.
The diversity of a much bigger world than what is known inside the cave
PHILOSOPHY. especially the republic and the allegory of the cave