Plato's allegory of the cave

In a cave, people who have spent their lives facing back to the light coming from outside, see only the shadows of animals, people and objects in front of them.

These shadows are the only reality for these people who have never seen their true form.

One day, one of the people living in the cave is suddenly released. He encounters the world outside the cave. The eyes of this person, who are completely acquainted with the light, that is, the truth, experience almost blindness.

Over time, he begins to realize that the shadows that he thought were real until now are not real and are just dark reflections of the truth.

Realizing the truth of life, this person returns to the cave and tries to explain to other people that the shadows are fake and the real truth is outside.

However, these people, who have never seen the outside, cannot comprehend what is being said and they protest angrily...

Plato wanted to exemplify the inability of the philosophers, who had begun to understand something in the cave allegory, that is, the analogy, to the public.

This metaphor is still valid in today's world and order.

Because people accept what they can understand and do not accept what is told beyond their own understanding.

That's why those who tell the truth are somehow suppressed in society.

It is disturbing to see the truth in the light and to hear the truth. That's why the mind chooses darkness and bondage. Ignorance is bliss. It takes courage to face the truth and be free.

I wish everyone to be brave enough to get out of the cave one day.