Teila Toli
The Allegory of the Cave
In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato tells a story of prisoners chained in a cave since birth,
where their eyes are forcefully fixed upon a wall in front of them. On the wall, shadows of
images are casted upon it from the objects that appear behind them. Since this is the only thing
they have been permitted to see, this is the only reality they understand. Therefore, when one
of the prisoners escapes to the surface, he is blinded and astonished by the new…
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