Assignment 2: The Allegory of The Cave

The allegory of the Cave seems to reflect a timeless human condition, in which humankind tends to be reluctant to accept what is not their conceived norm. In Socrates illustration of the people in the cave he demonstrates how their inability to distinguish between shadows and reality causes them to reject reality when they are confronted with it. the following quote explained the cave peoples their lack of desire to be enlighten. "Men would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes; and that it was better not even to think of ascending; and if any one tried to loose another and lead him up to the light, let them only catch the offender, and they would put him to death"