By now all of you have probably read the "Allegory of the Cave" and may have some insight on the subject. The best way to learn by this Allegory is to think about it and discuss it.
To begin a discussion I would like to propose a question, in hopes you might respond.
When the prisoner has traveled outside of the cave, then returns to the cave, and to the rest of the prisoners, he attempts to convince them of the world he has seen beyond the cave. The other prisoners reject his testimony, as their real world and the only world they believe to be real is that within the cave.
How might the returning prisoner convince the captive prisoners of the life that exists beyond the cave, how can he prove his testimony to be true?
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