Plato's Myth of The Cave Ilhani Version

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Have you ever heard about "Plato's Myth of the cave"? Last week, I got a chance to learn it when Sir Kamaraziz distribute the hand out about the Plato's Myth of the cave..

Ancient Greece Philosopher, Plato

“ Plato's Myth of the cave" is an argument that we can't be sure we know reality.This story illustrates Plato's idealism.  The objects we see, hear, touch are shadows of the real things. The reason is human beings don't have a full sense of a real and complete life because of the world. Plato describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Socrates, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not constitute reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.

 Plato's Myth of the Cave

The Allegory is related to Plato's Theory of Forms,according to which the "Forms" (or "Ideas"), and not the material world of change known to us through sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. Only knowledge of the Forms constitutes real knowledge. In addition, the Allegory of the Cave is an attempt to explain the philosopher's place in society: to attempt to enlighten the "prisoners".


Source: wikipedia


Here is my task for Plato's Myth of the Cave..

Choose a setting/reality that is similar to this story.
  ~unrequited love conflict

These objects symbolizes:
  ~ the prisoners: person who suffered of unrequited love
  ~the chains: the feeling of love that they have towards particular person which is they falling in love to
  ~the fire: the feeling of love which is not accepted
  ~the shadows and the images: love
  ~the puppet players: men or women who are cannot accepted one's love
  ~the old man: friends

In the context which you have selected, why do you think that the prisoner still insist that the images which he has seen before are much more real than statues?
~ The person is only believe in the shadows and the images of ones that he or she love very much and not believe others thing which is reality in his or her life.