Understanding Plato’s Allegory of the Cave – What It Is and What It Isn’t

By discerning what Plato’s allegory truly is and what it is not, we can recover its purpose: not to expose hidden villains, but to illuminate our own blindness.

By Nicholas Holt – The Modern Enquirer

Few philosophical images capture the human condition as vividly as Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Yet it is also among the most misunderstood. In today’s discours…