Week 1

 In the Allegory of the Cave, Socrates suggests that, without philosophical education, we are all like the prisoners in the cave. What are your thoughts on this? How is philosophy supposed to be liberating? Do you think Socrates is right to be so pessimistic about life without philosophy?


      I believe that what Socrates is saying is very true. As humans we really see only what we want to see or what we learned or what we believe we see. We are all prisoners of one sided stories. We,like the people imprisoned in the cave, only see the shadows of life.We would rather stay locked away only seeing shadows and reflections at a semi comfort than have to venture out of our bubble and challenge and hurt ourselves to see what everyone else was seeing and what these shadows truly are.
     Philosophy is supposed to be liberating, from what i understood, by showing us the hidden side of life. The danger side that we dont want to go out of our way and see.
    I do believe he has a right to be pessimistic about life without philosophy because life without it is a one sided story, you always need to hear both sides.