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What
is
reality
knowledge
the
meaning
of
life?
Big
topics
you
might
tackle
figuratively
Explaining
existence
as
a
journey
down
a
road
or
across
an
ocean
A
climb
a
war
a
book
a
thread
a
game
a
window
of
opportunity
Or
an
all-too-short-lived
flicker
of
flame
2400
years
ago
One
of
history's
famous
thinkers
said
life
Is
like
being
chained
up
in
a
cave
Forced
to
watch
shadows
flitting
across
a
stone
wall
Pretty
cheery,
right?
That's
actually
what
Plato
suggested
in
his
Allegory
of
the
Cave
Found
in
Book
VII
of
'The
Republic'
In
which
the
Greek
philosopher
envisioned
the
ideal
society
By
examining
concepts
like
justice
truth
and
beauty
In
the
allegory
a
group
of
prisoners
have been
confined
In
a
cavern
since
birth
With
no
knowledge
of
the
outside
world
They
are
chained
facing
a
wall
unable
to
turn
their
heads
While
a
fire
behind
them
gives
off
a
faint
light
Occasionally
people
pass
by
the
fire
Carrying
figures
of
animals
and
other
objects
That
cast
shadows
on
the
wall
The
prisoners
name
and
classify
these
illusions
Believing
they're
perceiving
actual
entities
Suddenly
one
prisoner
is
freed
and
brought
outside
for
the
first
time
The
sunlight
hurts
his
eyes
and
he
finds
The
new
environment
disorienting
When
told
that
the
things
around
him
are
real
While
the
shadows
were
mere
reflections
he
cannot
believe
it
The
shadows
appeared
much
clearer
to
him
But
gradually
his
eyes
adjust
Until
he
can
look
at
reflections
in
the
water
At
objects
directly
And
finally
at
the
Sun
Whose
light
is
the
ultimate
source
of
everything
he
has
seen
The
prisoner
returns
to
the
cave
to
share
his
discovery
But
he
is
no
longer
used
to
the
darkness
And
has
a
hard
time
seeing
the
shadows
on
the
wall
The
other
prisoners
think
the
journey
has
made
him
stupid
and
blind
And
violently
resist
any
attempts
to
free
them
Plato
introduces
this
passage
as
an
analogy
Of
what
it's
like
to
be
a
philosopher
trying
to
educate
the
public
Most
people
are
not
just
comfortable
in
their
ignorance
But
hostile
to
anyone
who
points
it
out
In
fact
the
real
life
Socrates
was
sentenced
to
death
By
the
Athenian
government
for
disrupting
the
social
order
And
his
student
Plato
spends
much
of
'The
Republic'
Disparaging
Athenian
democracy
While
promoting
rule
by
philosopher
kings
With
the
cave
parable
Plato
may
be
arguing
that
the
masses
are
too
stubborn
and
ignorant
To
govern
themselves
But
the
allegory
has
captured
imaginations
for
2400
years
Because
it
can
be
read
in
far
more
ways
Importantly
the
allegory
is
connected
to
the
theory
of
forms
Developed
in
Plato's
other
dialogues
Which
holds
that
like
the
shadows
on
the
wall
Things
in
the
physical
world
are
flawed
reflections
of
ideal
forms
Such
as
roundness
or
beauty
In
this
way
the
cave
leads
to
many
fundamental
questions
Including
the
origin
of
knowledge
The
problem
of
representation
And
the
nature
of
reality
itself
For
theologians
the
ideal
forms
exist
in
the
mind
of
a
creator
For
philosophers
of
language
viewing
the
forms
as
linguistic
concepts
The
theory
illustrates
the
problem
of
grouping
concrete
things
Under
abstract
terms
And
others
still
wonder
whether
we
can
really
know
That
the
things
outside
the
cave
are
any
more
real
than
the
shadows
As
we
go
about
our
lives
Can
we
be
confident
in
what
we
think
we
know?
Perhaps
one
day
A
glimmer
of
light
may
punch
a
hole
in
your
most
basic
assumptions
Will
you
break
free
to
struggle
towards
the
light
Even
if
it
costs
you
your
friends
and
family
Or
stick
with
comfortable
and
familiar
illusions?
Truth
or
habit?
Light
or
shadow
?
Hard
choices,
but
if
it's
any
consolation,
you're
not
alone
There
are
lots
of
us
down
here