Plato describes prisoners who live in a cave chained since their childhood. They were completely fixed by their arms, legs and heads facing the wall, unable to turn their heads. Behind them there is a fire burning and a walkway. while looking at the wall they could hear echoes and see figures of men, animals and objects that came from the walkway. As long as that was everything they could have ever seen and listened, it was their reality.
Plato renewed the story by releasing one of the prisoners. The prisoner would not recognize the reality. He could not name the objects that caused the shadows. He was dragged out to the sunlight, but he was distressed, he still wanted to believe the shadows were the true.
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