"Allegory of the Cave" In using Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," from the Republic it is hard to take in the mind of a great philosopher like Plato. It is even more difficult to try to make that mind your own if only for a short period. For that reason alone the task of fully evaluating this work is like making another effort that is in progress. His points are discussed as new and advised …showed first 75 words of 1316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1316 total…will be able to teach life and the value of that life to others. In helping others to see the light, we are helping others to be richer. "The unexamined life is not worth living" some say. Well, they need to wake up, because if one stands still for too long life is going to fly by and then there will really be something to complain about. (http://personal.centenary.edu/~chauser/english/essay2.html)