l, they have not seen or heard anything apart from these shadows, therefore they believe that these shadows are all that exists. In the same way we are said to exist. Our sunlight is the analogy's fire, all we experience is the cave's shadows, and our human inertia and value for superficial desires are the chains that prevent us from changing our perspective. We live our lives believing only what be can see and hear exists, only that which can be proven. Unfortunately what we see, according to Plato's beliefs, are illusionary representations, and what we see as genuine and good are merely shadows of true goodness.
             This cave analogy describes a released prisoner returning to his chained and restrained friends with the experience of the true, outside world. This free prisoner cannot explain true concepts of goodness and justice to the prisoners as it in no way relates to their fundamentals. This knowledge of goodness is very abstract and cannot be explained using the vocabulary of a shadow reality. Also being told that one's whole existence and va
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