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 states that there exist prisoners chained
together in a cave. Behind the prisoners is a fire, and between
the fire and the prisoners are people carrying puppets or other
objects. This casts a shadow on the other side of the wall. The
prisoners watch these shadows, believing them to be real.

Plato posits that one prisoner could become free. He finally sees
the fire and realizes the shadows are fake. This prisoner could
escape from the cave and discover there is a whole new world
outside that they were previously unaware of.

This prisoner would believe the outside world is so much more

real than that in the cave. He would try to return to free the other
prisoners. Upon his return, he is blinded because his eyes are
not accustomed to actual sunlight. The chained prisoners would
see this blindness and believe they will be harmed if they try to
leave the cave.
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The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, is an allegory presented by
the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare "the effect
of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature". It is written as a dialogue
between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The
allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the
divided line (509d–511e).
In the allegory, Socrates describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall
of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the
wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them and give names to these
shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality, but are not accurate representations
of the real world. Three higher levels exist: the natural
sciences; mathematics, geometry, and deductive logic; and the theory of forms.
Socrates explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and
comes to understand that the shadows on the wall are actually not reality at all. A
philosopher aims to understand and perceive the higher levels of reality. However, the
other inmates of the cave do not even desire to leave their prison, for they know no
better life.[1]
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Philosophical Reflection Activity
Answer the following questions: (One-page reflection in WORD)

1) Enumerate three symbols that you can see in the picture.

2) Give your personal interpretation of the symbols.
3) Based on the experience of the prisoners, what makes the “Inner World”
different from the “Outside World”?