The Enlightened In The Allegory Of The Cave

The enlightened in the Allegory of the Cave have a responsibility not only to society but to themselves. They have a responsibility to society to show them what they know. They also have a responsibility to help the world's “prisoners” become enlightened.

The enlightened people have the ability to change the world and society. Alike the enlightened in the allegory of the cave, modern geniuses, and past geniuses have used their knowledge for good and for evil. Some enlightened people have the ability to use their knowledge in ways that only improve or benefit themselves, while other use their knowledge for the greater good of mankind. For example, the work that this essay is about! Socrates knew something about the reality of this world

and he shared his knowledge with the world. Without his original concept of the allegory of the cave, we may not have a many enlightened people in today's society. Socrates was an enlightened person that used his knowledge for good. However, there are people who use their clearer view of reality to abuse power and control the reality as it is. These people can also be referred to as the puppeteers in the allegory. The historical figure such as Hitler can be described as one of the enlightened puppeteers. He practically changed the way people viewed other people, to the point of a genocide. He changed people's perception of their reality and used his new power to kill, conquer, and destroy. The nazis that followed Hitler are alike the prisoners, in that they would follow, or accept anything that Hitler told them. These two examples are ways that the enlightened can share their knowledge, for better or for worse, with the world or society that they live in.