Please answer the following questions after reading "The Allegory of the Cave": 1. If you knew you were in the cave, would you want to be released from it, or stay inside? Explain your answer.
2. What part of our world reminds you (figuratively) of the cave? Explain.
3. How do the actions of other people shape or influence the way you understand the world, the ideas you have, and
what you believe?
4. In your own life, who has the power to shape your ideas and beliefs? In what ways is this good and in what ways is it
not so good?
5. Where do you stand on the idea of truth? Are there things you know to be true? What are they, and how do you know
them?
Consider -- What is Plato trying to tell us in the allegory? Perception vs. reason - how can we know things about the
world?