Most people wouldn't be satisfied with this. These people are called philosophers.
Would you be satisfied with simply seeing shadows passing by? If you would, explain why. If not, please elaborate, and defend your argument.
What are the possible benefits to seeing on the shadows, if any, and the benefits of seeing what is causing the shadows.
How is the Allegory of the cave related to the metaphor of the sun, and the analogy of the divided line?
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As a philsopher, i could not stand to see shadows move back and forth, and not know the cause. why would the object/person want to move back and forth? to torment? to humiliate?
The only possible benefit of watching is that you see the form of something and the resemblence it has with the other forms of shadow on the wall. On the other hand, one can not truly know how the different forms actually differ, as shadows are all made up of the same material.
The allegory of the cave is similar to the line metaphor as what is known from seeing something is constrained to only shadows, while what is intelligible is eliminated, as one only knows that the shadows are being made from behind.
The cave allegory is similar to the sun as you only know and recieve information when looking at something. Here, you can not look at anything besides the shadows, meaning your knowledge is limited to only the shadows, rather than the cause.
I wouldn't be satisfied with seeing only shadows if i am a philosopher because a philopher questions everything. I would wonder what is the shadow and why is it there? I think the benefit of seeing what is causing the shadows is that it brings you one step closer to the sun. The allegory of the cave is the combination of the metaphor of the sun and the analogy of the divided line.
To be a philosopher is being hungry for knowledge and accepting all parts of knowledge. Therefore when you are only bound to see shadows, you can not see the whole truth, but the gist of what the object might be and that is not enough. Shadows can resemblance a blob of something that can be anything. The benefit of seeing the shadow is it rises a curiosity to find what is causing the shadow, which in this case is the sun, or the good. Allegory of the cave represents all the people who are restricted by opinions, traditions and does not question, explore and answer their own curiosity. They accept the shadows as truths rather then walk out of the cave and force themselves to look into the light and see the actual object.
If I were to only see the shadow of things for all my life as person, it would not bother me. By not knowing any better and being exposed to one constant, I would begin to believe these shadows and their patterns as the truth, or the accepted truth. I would be satisfied because if I completely understand the phenomenon, the simplicity of this truth would make me believe that I was intelligent and all-know about this “truth”. However, as a philosopher, the shadows would be torturous. Philosopher desire knowledge and truth thus I would hunger for what causes the shadows and question if there are things beyond just shadows. I would want to deeper understand every aspect of the shadow and what it is.
Personally as a philosopher I would not be satisfied by the shadows but only if I knew or thought that there may be more out there. If you had been chained up with only shadows to look at how would you ever think that there could be a third dimension or color? In that sense I do not think that this is an accurate question. If I assumed that there was more out there though then I still think that personally I would be satisfied and have to be forced to look in the light but would be happy if that happened.
Liam Gilmore Greiss
I would not be content with looking at mere shadows. As a philosopher with a passion for knowledge I would not be satisfied with just looking at shadows. It would be the equivalent of giving a painter one color to paint with. I would want to see who (or what) the shadow is taking after and why. The allegory of the cave is related to the sun analogy as you not looking at the movement of the object. It is related to the divided line as you can only see the image of the object, rather the object itself.
I personally would not be satisfied with just a shadow of a object right behind me. There are many details left out in a shadpw that are crucial to the object which would certainly make me want to know how the object really looks. The benefit of seeing the shadows is that you knoww that something is actually there.
I beleieve the allegory of the cave is related to the metaphor of the sun because when someone in the cave who hasbeen there for their entire life has been dragged into the real outside world, they will not accept the illumination of knowledge and the truth, but after living to learn more, the character will soon realize what he has been missing out onand that will persuadehim into trying to convince everyone else in the cave what has been going on for so long.
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