The Allegory of the Cave by Plato refers to the believers and non-believers. The few who are aware and susceptible towards society and it’s every claim as well announcements. Then there are the others who are kept and shun from society. It is also a conversation between Socrates and a friend of his named Glaucon.
Socrates begins to emphasize on his standpoint and perspective so Glaucon can obtain a better understanding. Socrates uses an example of people residing within a cave, chained and kept hidden against their own free will; exposed only to the mere silhouettes of what is. Until one of them is let out and left facing whether to believe what is before him or to reject it and go back to what he knows.
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