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*4 ; THE ALLEGORY
By: alphaomega Date: July 2, 2012, 10:52 pm
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Plato tells a story;
All of mankind is in a cave. They have been chained
(including their heads) and can only face forward and look at
the wall that is in front of them. Behind them there is a fire
where PUPPETEERS hold objects in front of that fire. This
causes shadows to be projected upon the wall that is in front of
mankind. Mankind believes these shadows to be �true reality� for
this is all that mankind has ever seen. In the course of time
ONE MAN ESCAPES his chains and turns around. He sees the
puppeteers for the first time, he now knows who and what they
are. Looking around, he sees an opening in the cave. Outside
the cave there is light, this is the world of CREATED
PERFECTION.
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The one man who escaped leaves the cave and
ventures out into the light of the world of created perfection.
The light from this world is hard on the eyes of the man who
escaped for he is used to the low light conditions of the cave.
As time passes though, his eyes do begin to adjust to the light
of this world. Now, for the very first time he sees �true
reality�. He now feels obligated to go back to the cave and free
mankind from the deception of the puppeteers.
He is surprised to find those in the cave do
not believe him about the world of created perfection and that
the shadows on the wall are not �true reality�, and in fact most
ridicule him. The man who escaped is determined to guide (those
who will listen) out of the dark into the light of the world of
created perfection. After that, (with the help of those who came
out of the cave) maybe they can go back and force the rest to
escape the cave. The man who escaped feels morally responsible
to mankind, and seeks to do this for the good of mankind.
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