Overview
once you watch the video above, answer the following questions:
- Summarize what you think the allegory means.
- How does the allegory convey what Plato thinks education ought to be?
- How can you relate this to your own life, or the lives you see in others around you
- What are some of the main lessons concerning our knowledge of the real world is Plato trying to convey in this dialogue?
- What conclusions does Plato draw concerning education, toward the end of the dialogue?
- What are some of the other important lessons do you think that Plato was trying to convey in this dialogue?