Plato’s Cave and the Stubborn Persistence of Ignorance (Daniel R. DeNicola, The MIT Press Reader)
The most memorable image of ignorance occurs in what is probably the most famous passage of all philosophy: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in “The Republic.” Recall the scenario: human beings dwelling in the darkness of an underground cavern, bound at the legs and neck so that they cannot move, even to turn their heads. …