Is it possible to know we’re missing something from our lives if, we have never heard of it, never knew what it was, or how it felt. Is it possible to know that there is a better life than the one we are currently living if we know nothing more than what is in front of us? In Book Seven by Plato he often referrers to the “allegory of the cave” where several in are living in an underground chamber, where they all have been shackled up without the ability to move, or turn. They have been living there with no sunlight and the only light they have are from the flickers of the fire above them, casting shadows of any movement.  Now the men that live in this cave have been there all their lives, they know nothing else but the shadows and the darkness. For them this is their home, the only place they know of.

Having never lived in a place where there was only darkness, shadows, and flickering fires. It’s hard to imagine that anyone would feel at home in a place like that. But that’s only because I’ve lived in a place where there’s sun, color, bright lights, and the ability to move where and when I want. So my question is can we want, crave something we don’t know exist, something that has never even entered our minds. Can we still think that if those men were too be freed and shown the sunlight would they appreciate it or would they curse us for showing them a bright light that’ll blind them?