THE ALLEGORY OF

THE CAVE,
he
THE
PHILLOSOPER'S
DESCENT

The Plato cave analogy brings a

distinct impression for researchers
because the theory is not yet formed
as a product of thought, so that
every researcher who plunges into it
will be in various conditions based on
their respective journeys through the
Plato cave, but the problem is whether
philosophers need to follow it if There
have been many forms of goodness
that have been formulated, while the
activity of exploring the cave itself
leads to a condition of uncertainty Preliminaries
because it is to be and not being.
 on the limited dialectic of
mathematicians exclusively on
the obvious form, Socrates
strongly disapproves of those
who use sensible images for
their research on their limited
dialectic exclusively on the
obvious form and caves
themselves are distorted images,
not lucid images. emphasizing on
the philosophical journey from
sensible to intelligent


The difference between

become and being was
introduced by Socrates for
the first time in the Republic in
the theory of his cave, which
has a close relationship and
gives the distinction between
sensible and intelligent,
The sensible turns out to be not real or can
be known by the human senses , the only
knowledge they associate with their senses is
knowledge of the forms that become copies,
because the sensible was in fact degraded by
shadows.
Walaupun orang lain tak paham.
The relevant question to ask is how does
knowledge of the form of goodness
motivate philosophers to come down?

 Glaucon finally brings up his argument about

the kind of punishment he considers the
motivation of a good ruler. There he argues,
namely that there must be coercion on the
authorities or punishment, because the
motivation in the form of wages or fame is
very shameful.
punishment is to be ruled by someone worse off,
if they don't want to rule themselves. And then
they enter an office not because they enter
into something good, or it will give them any
benefit, but because they enter into something
necessary and have no one better than
themselves, or as good as themselves, to carry
out the task.
 Conclusion
The descent of the philosophers that Plato
brought along in the cave back is not just a
sacrifice of a worthy life from them, but is
a necessity in bringing back the goodness
that is aimed at the people and society, to
know more about the forms of goodness
that have not yet been formed and are still
in the process of becoming or in a form
that is not yet ideal so it is necessary to do
a search on the realm of become to produce
a better form of goodness