The “Allegory of the Cave” strongly connects to the phrase “I’ll
believe it when I see it” in my opinion. A large portion of the human
population has shunned the act of deep thinking and taking a minute to reflect
on life. Rather than doing such important and interesting things, such as
questioning reality, they spend their time mindlessly working through their
days, believing what they see and what they are told without question. These
people are the ones trapped in the cave. They lack true wisdom as they wander
blindly through their world. Though it is their reality, it may not have been
their choice for it to have been such. How do you question your world when you
are never notified of such possibility? How can you question what is true when
you are not given the words to do so? Going back to statement “I’ll believe it when
I see it”, I find this very narrow minded. The sense of seeing is very small
and fragile on its own. It is with other senses and deep thought that one can
start to understand their surroundings. Saying this is like becoming the people
staring at a wall and knowing only shadows. You are shutting out all other possibilities
that may go against what you know, therefore building the walls of the cave
around yourself and creating an illusion that everything is fine.
Though I speak of “my opinion”, it is not truly and completely
mine to claim. I have spoken about the subject of Plato and the “Allegory of
the Cave” in a class full of minds that perceive things in different manners.
The sole act of listening to another student’s opinion has altered my own. This
can tie into the topic of reality quite easily, as my own reality changes along
with the input of others
