Patrick Q

   so i been thinking about that article that you gave use one of the first weeks. the article allegory of the cave. at first i though it was kinda stupid. but the more i thought about it the more i started to see it in a different way. at first i thought that unless the people had been chained to the wall from birth they would realize that the shadows were from people who live in the world they used to inhabit. being a person who lives in the present age i also didn't appreciate the message that plato was trying to portray. its a pretty abstract idea, especially back then. there wasn't any internet or a world wide organized education system that has tons of classes on philosophy. i mean i guess thats why he is considered one of the fathers of philosophy.