- People are chained to the back of the cave - See only a part of the real world through shadows and echos - When man is unchained, they see the real thing - People can see what real patterns feel like, in comparison to the partial patterns - But just like how when we're blinded by light, we have to wait for eyes to adjust, we have to wait - Take another step, have to stop from blindness, then adjust and can slowly progress - This is [[Anagoge]]. - [[The Matrix]] is a modern interpretation of it - Plato believes [[Wisdom]] is this anagogic progress - To know something is to become one with it, implying [[Participatory knowing]]