Overview
Read carefully sections pp. 175- 178,. In these sections you will find the so-called allegory or metaphor of the cave. Also, read E-LECTURE 4.1 that gives you my summary of the Cave metaphor of Plato.
1A. From this metaphor, what can you infer or deduce (at least 3) as Plato’s view of reality?
1B. From this metaphor, what can you infer or deduce (at least 3) as Plato’s view of knowledge?
1C. Finally, who do your think Plato has in mind with the following details of the cave metaphor: the prisoners who are chained; theprisoner who was unchained; the stranger; and the people walking back and forth on the passageway as they are carrying replicas?
#2. Explain the two ways in which according to Plato (pp.169-175) in Book 6 of the Republic the Form of the Good in the other world is analogous to the Sun in this world. To support your answer, be sure to quote the relevant passage(s) in Book 6 of the Republic.