Administrative Thought and Ethic

Administrative Thought and Ethics

In a nutshell , what is the Allegory of the Cave ' about ? Why does Plato want to tell us

about the allegory - that is , what point is he trying to make

The Allegory of the Cave ' tells about Plato 's idea of the reality of the human situation . In the Allegory , Plato envisioned human existence as like slaves chained together in a deep , dark cave dimly illuminated by a fire burning some distance behind and above them . They chained and fettered in such a way that they have no

way to see what is behind them The Analogy of the Cave tells us that the appearances of things around us and as we understands them , are merely shadows of reality . The realities of these things are inaccessible to us

2 . According to Plato , what are the Forms ' How does Plato 's doctrine of the forms

tie in with the Allegory of the Cave

The Forms ' for Plato is a unified theory of reality , knowledge , and value . In other words , the Forms are concepts or ideas which are eternal rather than physical things . Forms are the incorporeal , eternal entities which constitute the ultimate realities . Reality of things lies in the world of perfect world of Forms or Ideas , and physical things are merely shadows of reality . Plato 's doctrine of form tie with the Allegory in the Cave in the context that both tells that the realities are intangible . What we see around us are merely shadows or...