# Plato's Allegory of the Cave

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alex Gendler
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, History, Philosophy, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_plato_s_allegory_of_the_cave)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous thinkers, said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Beyond sounding quite morbid, what exactly did he mean? Alex Gendler unravels Plato's Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of "The Republic." \[Directed by John R. Dilworth, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by William Hohauser\].

## Lectures

1. [Plato's Allegory of the Cave](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_gendler_plato_s_allegory_of_the_cave/c2f72fcfd0f1), 5 min (TED's player)