Editing Allegory of the cave (section)

==Influence==
The themes and imagery of Plato's cave has influenced civil thought and culture. For instance:

* [[Francis Bacon]] used the term "[[Idola specus|Idols of the Cave]]" to refer to errors of reason arising from the idiosyncratic biases and preoccupations of individuals.
* In his 1658 discourse, ''[[Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial|Urn Burial]]'', [[Thomas Browne]] states: "A Dialogue between two Infants in the womb concerning the state of this world, might handsomely illustrate our ignorance of the next, whereof methinks we yet discourse in Platoes denne, and are but Embryon Philosophers".
* Evolutionary biologist [[Jeremy Griffith]]'s book ''A Species In Denial'' includes the chapter "Deciphering Plato's Cave Allegory".<ref>{{cite book|last=Griffith|first=Jeremy|title=A Species in Denial|year=2003|publisher=WTM Publishing & Communications|location=Sydney|isbn=978-1-74129-000-4|page=83|url=http://www.worldtransformation.com/asid-deciphering-platos-cave-allegory/|access-date=2013-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201946/http://www.worldtransformation.com/asid-deciphering-platos-cave-allegory/|archive-date=2013-10-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== In fiction and popular media ===
[[File:An Illustration of The Allegory of the Cave, from Plato’s Republic.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Allegory of the cave]]

* The films ''[[The Conformist (1970 film)|The Conformist]]'' (1970), [[World on a Wire|''World on a Wire'']] (1973), ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' (1997), ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'' (1998), ''[[The Truman Show]]''  (1998), ''[[The Matrix]]'' (1999), ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]] (1999)'', ''[[City of Ember]]'' (2008), ''[[Us (2019 film)|Us]]'' (2019), and ''[[An Urban Allegory (film)|An Urban Allegory]]'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biennale Cinema 2024 {{!}} Allégorie Citadine |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/out-competition/all%C3%A9gorie-citadine |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=[[Venice Biennale|La Biennale di Venezia]] |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826150129/https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/out-competition/all%C3%A9gorie-citadine |url-status=live}}</ref> model Plato's allegory of the cave, as does the TV series [[1899 (TV series)|''1899'']].<ref>''The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real'' by William Irwin. Open Court Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|0-8126-9501-1}}. "Written for those fans of the film who are already philosophers."</ref>
* ''[[The Cave (novel)|The Cave]]'' by [[José Saramago]] culminates in the discovery of Plato's Cave underneath the center, "an immense complex fusing the functions of an office tower, a shopping mall and a condominium".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keates|first1=Jonathan|title=Shadows on the Wall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/books/shadows-on-the-wall.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=24 November 2002|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 November 2002|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417043434/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/books/shadows-on-the-wall.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ray Bradbury]]'s novel ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' (1953) explores the themes of reality and perception explored in Plato's allegory of the cave and Bradbury references Plato's work in the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freewebs.com/hanakiri/WritingPortfolio/essays/Parallels%20between%20Ray%20Bradburys%20Fahrenheit%20451%20and%20Platos%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606174327/https://www.freewebs.com/hanakiri/WritingPortfolio/essays/Parallels%20between%20Ray%20Bradburys%20Fahrenheit%20451%20and%20Platos%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-06|title=Parallels between Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave' }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Fahrenheit 451|last=Bradbury|first=Ray|publisher=The Random House Publishing Group|year=1953|isbn=978-0-758-77616-7|pages=151}}</ref>
* [[Orphaned Land]]'s 2018 release ''[[Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs]]'' is a [[concept album]] based on the allegory. Calling Plato an "unsung prophet", frontman [[Kobi Farhi]] explains that the "protest album" describes how humanity embraces the [[Light versus darkness|darkness]] and that the people are afraid to break their chains and embrace the [[Light versus darkness|light]].<ref name="blab">{{cite web |title=Orphaned Land Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs Travk-By-Track Breakdown |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/orphaned-land-unsung-prophets-dead-messiahs-track-by-track-breakdown |website=Balabbermouth |access-date=2023-12-01 |archive-date=2023-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202053451/https://blabbermouth.net/news/orphaned-land-unsung-prophets-dead-messiahs-track-by-track-breakdown |url-status=live }}</ref>