en times better, because now they know the shadows are not real. They will govern with knowledge of good and truth. I believe that the Allegory of the Cave simply states that we must question reality and not trust just what our eyes tell us. The slave that makes the ascent and eventually rejects the truth of the shadows comes to know a truer truth. But then they believe what their eyes show them on this world. They have forgotten that they must question reality, because how are we to know that this reality is realer than that of the caves? What if we are the shadows? It is analogous to having an imaginary friend when we are younger. Our imaginary friend is very real to us, but as we get older or make the ascent to the world of knowledge, we reject our imaginary friends. We are faced with a different reality where we start to believe that what our eyes show us is the only truth. We forget to question things and dont realize that maybe there is yet another ascent, out of this bigger cave of the light.Human beings knowledge of goodness, reality, and truth will always be limited by our fear of new ideas and new perspectives. As long as we are afraid of questioning, we will be willing to putto death anyone who ascends and returns to the cave with the truth....
