Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature".

Perhaps the most famous idea in all of Plato’s work is the Allegory of the Cave. This much-discussed (and much-misunderstood) story is a key part of Plato’s Republic, a work which has the claim to be the first ever literary utopia.

2024年8月12日 · In Plato’s theory, the cave represents people who believe that knowledge comes from what we see and hear in the world – empirical evidence. The cave shows that believers of empirical knowledge are trapped in a ‘cave’ of misunderstanding.

First Definition: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is a symbolic story about people who are trapped inside a dark cave. These people have been there since they were born and are tied up so they can only look at the cave wall in front of them.

PLATO The Allegory of the Cave Translated by Shawn Eyer Plato’s famous allegory of the cave, written around 380 bce, is one of the most important and influential passages of The Republic. It vividly illustrates the concept of Idealism as it was taught in the Platonic Academy, and provides a metaphor which philosophers have used

2022年10月24日 · As presented by Plato, Socrates’s allegory of the cave imagines a group of people chained together inside an underground cave as prisoners. Behind the prisoners there is a fire, and between the prisoners and the fire are moving puppets and real objects on a raised walkway with a low wall.

2024年8月21日 · The Allegory of the Cave is a story from Book VII in the Greek philosopher Plato's masterpiece "The Republic," written around B.C.E. 375. It is probably Plato's best-known story, and its placement in "The Republic" is significant.

2025年1月27日 · What is the Allegory of the Cave? Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" is a concept devised by the philosopher to ruminate on the nature of belief versus knowledge. The allegory begins with prisoners who have lived their entire lives chained inside a cave.

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In Plato’s narrative, a group of prisoners has been confined in a subterranean cave for their entire lives. Their legs and necks are shackled so tightly that they cannot move their bodies or heads, making it impossible to turn around or see anything other than the wall directly in front of them.