The Allegory of the Cave

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave was and still is one of the descriptions for society and what it does to people. By being able to think of himself as separate of his society and upbringing he was able to reason a great example of what mankind does within it’s societies. The most impress part of it all is the use of language and knowledge of people that Plato brings. With a rhythmic storytelling format Plato was able to use people’s tendencies to help explain to them why they are the way they are and think the way they think. Plato thought that many problems and issues, which we face, are a product of our own lack of knowledge and this is something I completely agree with. Plato is able to captivate an audience while informing them which is something that philosophy before him and after him seems to lack. Philosophers are able to give theories on changing mankind but are not able to make these important resolutions to issues heard or put into action. Plato says in The Allegory of the Cave that after learning of what is outside the cave one must go back and inform others but this seems to have been forgotten. Men and women are more worried about debating with their peers than any real world application and this is the aspect of philosophy that makes it so essential. People need to revisit The Allegory of the Cave and really think about what Plato means and not just parrot off their knowledge of his thoughts. Philosophers are the educators of the mind, caretakers of the soul and artistically inventive thinkers who should remember the most important part of what they do, is that it is for the advancing of mankind not simply for vigorous intellectual debate.