1. What was the disagreement Socrates had with the Sophists?
2. What was Plato’s point in his allegory of the cave?
The Allegory of the Cave is a theory that if a group of people were chained from birth facing a cave wall, and the only thing they ever saw of the outside world were shadows projected onto it, they would believe that those shadows were the entire reality.
Plato’s point in the Allegory of the Cave was that most people believe only what they see. If someone has seen nothing but shadows their entire life, they will believe that shadows are all that exist.
The disagreement Socrates had with the Sophists was that the Sophists believed truth is relative and that persuasion is most important, while Socrates believed truth is absolute, can be discovered through reason, and that knowledge should aim toward improvement and wisdom.
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