My opinion on Plato's Thesis Plato explains that the strength to learn is within everybody and it's just a matter of being able to tap into that strength or power. The whole soul must be ready to accept the change. The metaphors of darkness and light used by Plato relate to the mind and the ability to understand and accept what he is seeing in front of him. The light is so bright that it …showed first 75 words of 226 total…

…showed last 75 words of 226 total…theoretical technique to explain his ideas. He doesn't use real people in the Allegory of the Cave he only uses ideas of what he believes real people might think or how they might react. I believe in the idea that Plato is trying to convey, it makes perfect sense, as humans evolve there is a learning process that takes time to understand. When something has not been seen or experienced there is an adjustment period.