<P> Plato then supposes that one prisoner is freed . This prisoner would look around and see the fire . The light would hurt his eyes and make it difficult for him to see the objects casting the shadows . If he were told that what he is seeing is real instead of the other version of reality he sees on the wall , he would not believe it . In his pain , Plato continues , the freed prisoner would turn away and run back to what he is accustomed to ( that is , the shadows of the carried objects ) . He writes `` ... it would hurt his eyes , and he would escape by turning away to the things which he was able to look at , and these he would believe to be clearer than what was being shown to him . '' </P>
<P> Plato then supposes that one prisoner is freed . This prisoner would look around and see the fire . The light would hurt his eyes and make it difficult for him to see the objects casting the shadows . If he were told that what he is seeing is real instead of the other version of reality he sees on the wall , he would not believe it . In his pain , Plato continues , the freed prisoner would turn away and run back to what he is accustomed to ( that is , the shadows of the carried objects ) . He writes `` ... it would hurt his eyes , and he would escape by turning away to the things which he was able to look at , and these he would believe to be clearer than what was being shown to him . '' </P>
in the allegory of the cave what did seeing the light do to the prisoner
in the allegory of the cave what did seeing the light do to the prisoner
hurt his eyes
hurt his eyes