In his allegory of the cave, Plato imagined prisoners chained in a cave who could only see shadows cast on the cave wall. Plato stated that if a prisoner escaped, saw the objects that were casting the shadows, and then returned to tell the other prisoners what he saw, the other prisoners might think him mad. How did Plato relate this to philosophy?
a. Philosophers who are seeking the truth will often be viewed as mad.
b. Philosophers are held prisoner by their own preconceptions and must free themselves to see the truth.
c. Only those philosophers who can escape the mundane will be able to communicate effectively.
d. The goal of philosophy is to see what is casting the shadows, i.e., the eternal truths.
D
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