According to Socrate, the allegory of cave is used to portray the human education, in which the ability and object of knowing reach a higher level with an increase in the degree of education. Man at first knows ‘shad...According to Socrate, the allegory of cave is used to portray the human education, in which the ability and object of knowing reach a higher level with an increase in the degree of education. Man at first knows ‘shadows’ with sense perception and finally knows ideas with dialectics. Besides, the tragedy that the unfettered prisoner undergoes when he returns to educate his fellow prisoners in the cave after knowing the truth outside the cave bears a profound politically philosophical implication and suggests a subtle relation between philosophers and the people of the city. This allegory follows the previous allegory of sun and allegory of line. The allegory of sun divides the world into the sensible one and the intelligible one while the allegory of line further divides it into four types of abilities and objects of knowing, and the allegory of cave, on the basis of these two static divisions, presents a motive process, with much content that involves the reality, which makes it more vivid and profound. The interpretation will be devided into four separate but closely connected stages in light of the original text.展开更多
文摘According to Socrate, the allegory of cave is used to portray the human education, in which the ability and object of knowing reach a higher level with an increase in the degree of education. Man at first knows ‘shadows’ with sense perception and finally knows ideas with dialectics. Besides, the tragedy that the unfettered prisoner undergoes when he returns to educate his fellow prisoners in the cave after knowing the truth outside the cave bears a profound politically philosophical implication and suggests a subtle relation between philosophers and the people of the city. This allegory follows the previous allegory of sun and allegory of line. The allegory of sun divides the world into the sensible one and the intelligible one while the allegory of line further divides it into four types of abilities and objects of knowing, and the allegory of cave, on the basis of these two static divisions, presents a motive process, with much content that involves the reality, which makes it more vivid and profound. The interpretation will be devided into four separate but closely connected stages in light of the original text.
