excellent post. almost every time i've heard this told, the teller stops before the ending. thank you for continuing to the end. this part is as instructive and integral to the understanding this allegory imparts as any other part.
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Hey much thanks @lifeworship! Some will think of the story in a pessimistic way, and others in an optimistic way. Plato himself was more of an optimist, so I think he knew that the real world is just waiting outside the cave.
it seems to me that it is optimistic in it's message of "the world awaits, just outside, if we lift ourself up and go get it". it seems also a caution to those who are awake, to not try to wake others before they are ready, a lesson i've learned the hard way. i want everyone to be awake. i don't think i'm smart enough or knowledgeable enough to know how to accomplish this without harm. i am trying to learn, though.
Yes, so true. I did touch on this towards the end of the article because it is an important thing to realize.
This is why you must educate those around you at a slow pace. Go too fast and their eyes are still in too much pain to see what you are trying to show them. Know that not everyone will ever want to leave the cave either.
thank you again for including the ending. this is worth a resteem.
Hey thanks! That means a lot to me. :D