解读柏拉图“洞穴比喻”

Interpretation of Plato's “Cave Analogy”

柏拉图是苏格拉底的得意门生,是西方哲学史上的一位大哲学家,在其早期的著作《理想国》中提出著名的"洞穴比喻"。在这个比喻中,他将世界划分为感觉世界和理念世界,并且柏拉图提出教育的目的在于培养伟大的哲学家,为政治服务,他还提出教育本质就是促进个体灵魂的转向。柏拉图提出的观点当时震惊一时,对后世的影响也是不可估量的。

Plato was Socrates’s protege who was the major figure in the history of Western philosophy. In his early works The Republic, Plato advanced Allegory of the Cave and divided the whole world into sense and idea. Besides, he put forward that the aim of education is to cultivate the great philosopher who would serve for politics. In addition, he thinks that promoting the individual soul is the essence of education. These ideas shocked the public and had a significant effect.