Plato’s Allegory of the Cave – Ancient Worlds Greece & Rome

Watch the attached claymation (slightly hilarious sound effects) video of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, which is from his famous written work Republic.

If you require the closed captioning, you will want to find the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F7GhASOdM, but note that the captioning keeps saying the prisoners are changed, they are actually CHAINED. The issue is they won’t change!

Remember, an allegory is a story created with the purpose of teaching a lesson. Here, the lesson appears to be that education and experiencing the world for one’s self are important ideas. We can’t all just live in a cave.

After you watch the video, answer the following prompt in a few sentences: Discuss a time when you learned a big lesson about the world. What had you previously thought was true? What prompted you to change your way of thinking to what you believe today? How has that experience of thinking in a new way changed your life?

Your experience is your own and I really just want you to recognize your own “enlightened moment.” Tell me about it in as much detail as you choose to use