The Divided Line In The Allegory Of The Cave By Plato

The Allegory of the Cave is one that has become timeless. This allegory has become so powerful, so popular that it is has been adapted into modem day terms which says “Don't judge a book by its cover". Though it is a watered down version of it still holds tide and true to the original Allegory. Plato is reminding people not to take things at face value, but to seek a deeper understanding of everything so we are not deceived be mere shadows. Plato uses two different examples to try and educated people. The divided line and the Allegory of the Cave. The divided line created by Plato states that there are two realms. One is the visible realm and the other is the realm is intelligence. The visible realm breaks into two separate parts shadows and objects. The realm of intelligence also breaks into two parts the Mathematical form and the Higher form. Plato then makes a connection between

This quote speaks on the fact the people would rather be and a crowd being fed a shadow or a false truth rather than try and obtain their out truth. The fight to try and seek the truth is something that most people are not willing to engage in because they feel like it is something the society would look down upon so instead of seeking their own truth they buy into the one that is been fed to else. This quote was true during the days of Plato and is still true today. Everyone is use to the shadows they have seen as children and the shadows that society tells them and the shadows about what they are supposed to want and how they are supposed to feel about certain things, but unlike the man in the cave they are not trapped in the cave looking at the shadows they chose to be in the cave and never try to go out to the