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Plato’s Allegory of Cave and Plato's Apology

Plato’s Allegory of Cave and Plato's Apology

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Plato’s allegory of cave bears an in-depth philosophical meaning which throws an illuminating light on the perception of human beings and the way humans can apprehend various aspects of this world. Symbols and imageries in Plato’s allegory of cave thus broadly hints about the reality of interplay between knowledge and ignorance in human life. In addition to that, it can further be stated that the people who only believes in empirical knowledge gets partial idea and knowledge about this world. On the other hand, in order to accumulate strong knowledge and insight about this world, utilization of reasoning and critical thinking is also of further importance.