I didn't really understand the first part of the book we had to read and had to go have Sparknotes help me to understand how it was supposed to be. I find, after gaining insight on it, that it was very interesting to see how he explained how to get to this higher form of Truth. I thought it was a little bit insulting to place imagination at the bottom level. It felt as if he was making imagination some crude notion that people should quickly get rid of in order to get to this Form of Truth. I also really enjoyed the use of the sun metaphor, even if I had to read it a few times in order to understand.
The cave was very interesting. I really enjoyed this story that he wove in order to explain the different levels of knowledge and how to obtain them. However, after reading Book VII, I felt a little annoyed that these people who had to go back into the cave, in order to help out these oh so pitiful prisoners (as I felt Plato was making them out to be), where raised so high. It felt as if they were the ultimate truth and that they alone were the only ones who could illuminate the pathway for these prisoners.
On a side note, I enjoyed watching the Claymation of the cave. It made me smile and I enjoyed it immensely.
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