Use the passage below to answer the question: Based on Plato…
Use the passage below to answer the question: Based on Plato’s reference to the “task of the enlightened” in his “Allegory of the Cave,” who would Plato likely consider as “the enlightened”in his own personal experience? Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”Imagine, once more, such a one coming suddenly out of the sun to be replaced in his old situation. Would he not be certain to have his eyes full of darkness? And if there were a contest of measuring the shadows and he had to compete with the prisoners who had never moved out of the den, while his sight was still weak and before his eyes have become steady, wouldn’t they all laugh at him and say he had spoiled his eyesight by going up there? That is was better not to even think of ascending? And if anyone tried to release another and lead him up to the light, let them only catch the offender, and they would put him to death.It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing to descend again to those prisoners and to share their troubles and their honors, whether they are worth having or not. And this they must do, even with the prospect of death.They shall give of their help to one another wherever each class is able to help the community