1 Read the passage from Plato's Allegory of the Cave (Critical thinking, Communication, Character) Some prisoners...

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1 Read the passage from “Plato's Allegory of the Cave" (Critical thinking, Communication, Character) "Some prisoners are chained inside a cave, facing the back wall. Behind them is a fire, with people passing in front of it. The prisoners cannot turn their heads, and have always been chained this way. All they can see and hear are shadows passing back and forth and the echoes bouncing off the wall in front of them. One day, a prisoner is freed, and dragged outside the cave. He is blinded by the light, confused, and resists being led outside. But, eventually his eyes adjusts so that he able to see clearly the things around him, and even the sun itself. He came to realize that the things he thought were real were merely shadows of real things, and that life outside of the cave is far better than his previous life in chains. He pities those still inside. He ventures back into the cave to share his discovery with the others-only to be ridiculed because he can hardly see (his eyes have trouble at first re-adjusting to the darkness). He tried to free the other prisoners but they violently resisted (the other prisoners refuse to be freed and led outside, and they even tried to kill him)". (https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/allegory) 2. What does this story mean? 3. How does this passage from Plato help you turn your attention toward the right thing (i.e., truth, beauty, justice and goodness)? 1 Read the passage from “Plato's Allegory of the Cave" (Critical thinking, Communication, Character) "Some prisoners are chained inside a cave, facing the back wall. Behind them is a fire, with people passing in front of it. The prisoners cannot turn their heads, and have always been chained this way. All they can see and hear are shadows passing back and forth and the echoes bouncing off the wall in front of them. One day, a prisoner is freed, and dragged outside the cave. He is blinded by the light, confused, and resists being led outside. But, eventually his eyes adjusts so that he able to see clearly the things around him, and even the sun itself. He came to realize that the things he thought were real were merely shadows of real things, and that life outside of the cave is far better than his previous life in chains. He pities those still inside. He ventures back into the cave to share his discovery with the others-only to be ridiculed because he can hardly see (his eyes have trouble at first re-adjusting to the darkness). He tried to free the other prisoners but they violently resisted (the other prisoners refuse to be freed and led outside, and they even tried to kill him)". (https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/allegory) 2. What does this story mean? 3. How does this passage from Plato help you turn your attention toward the right thing (i.e., truth, beauty, justice and goodness)?

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Answer 2 The story is about human perception and how people see the truth and believe it The story m... View the full answer