Q- What is Plato trying to tell us in the allegory?
A- My interpretation of what Plato is telling us is that sometimes the only way to believe something is to experience it. I also think that he’s getting at the idea of how social dominance is relative to surroundings and knowledge. For example in the cave the people who could interpret the shadows were dominant, but they later found out that that was all fake and the previous power was meaningless.
Q- Deep question- how do we know things are true? What is true and how do you know it?
A- We can’t really know for certain the absolute truth. We believe some things are true because they are all we know and have no reason to question them. I could tell someone about my life and think everything I said was true, only to find out later that this was the matrix. That was a stretch, i don’t think I’m in the matrix but you get the point. Truth Is relative of current knowledge.
Q- What is Plato trying to tell us in the allegory?
A- My interpretation of what Plato is telling us is that sometimes the only way to believe something is to experience it. I also think that he’s getting at the idea of how social dominance is relative to surroundings and knowledge. For example in the cave the people who could interpret the shadows were dominant, but they later found out that that was all fake and the previous power was meaningless.
Q- Deep question- how do we know things are true? What is true and how do you know it?
A- We can’t really know for certain the absolute truth. We believe some things are true because they are all we know and have no reason to question them. I could tell someone about my life and think everything I said was true, only to find out later that this was the matrix. That was a stretch, i don’t think I’m in the matrix but you get the point. Truth Is relative of current knowledge.