Plato's Republic.

B. Mitchell K. Hamstra Philosophy RGC 12 June 2003 "The world of our sight is like the habitation in prison." -Plato, The Republic (Plato, 315) I agree with Plato's statement. I agree because I have seen the parable that he is making here between the prison (cave) described in the story and the real world. First of all, it is necessary to point out that Plato is comparing being held in prison to being uneducated and that the …showed first 75 words of 618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 618 total…world is only what we have observed. This is based by the following: *Frequent instances of people having one idea in their head, only to have it shattered by a new experience. *My personal experience of traveling to England and realizing that there was a whole other world to be seen. *Numerous instances of uneducated people having to suffer due to their inability to receive a quality education, whether the factors are socio-economic or physiological.