I know Plato writes the story as a breaking free into the world and finding knowledge personally, but I really doubt whether someone would even know to try to remove himself/herself from the bindings of the chair. When Dr. Mitchell drew the joke about the escape route from the cave, it interested me greatly. I thought about how there must be a rescuer to bring someone out of the cave, out of ignorance. If we are all in ignorance now, were alway from being born into it, and knew nothing else, how would we know to try to escape or walk away from all we know? That means the first person to escape would have had to be released by some wise, intelligent, supreme being or creator who was never bound. It seems that every reasonable or logical thought can be tied back to God.
-Will
I agree, Will, ignorance truly is bliss. The only ways for someone to escape ignorance are for someone to show us truth or for us to see undeniable, unavoidable truth. Then again, if the people that show us "truth" are themselves decieved are purposely lying to us, well, that's just digging another cave. I wonder if Plato thought of that?
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