In the reading The Allegory in the Cave shows why people are not ready to conquer their fears or moving on with their life. I believe Plato’s philosophies play a more important and meaningful role than materialism in our modern society. He believes that the world discovered by our senses is not the real world but only an illusion of true reality. The cave represents the system or government, in this cave lives prisoners …showed first 75 words of 345 total…

…showed last 75 words of 345 total…that becomes their only reality. I do not agree or disapprove of the way America is ran. Everyday I see our country be run solely on the behalf of money. This materialistic belief over powers those of morals and values. Therefore, I believe the religious and spiritual, people in our country get neglected, and their values get placed on a back burner. I believe in the ideas and experiences of enlightenment of Plato’s philosophy.