According to "The allegory of the cave" Socrates wants to help Glaucon by showing him a picture to understand a philosophical idea. In this picture humans beings live in an underground den since their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained like prisoners. All they can see are shadows and some lights because of the fire in the den. Socrates wanted to show Glaucon that all human beings live like these prisoners, and human beings only see their shadows or others' shadows. Socrates said to him: If one prisoner is liberated, he will suffer sharp pains, he will wanted to come back to the den but he will accept the reality and accustome to the new world. He also will pity the other prisoners.
In other words Socrates wanted Glaucon to understand that the idea of good appears last of all, and that is possible only after people's effort.
My world compared with Socrates' opinion is similar because i feel like a prisoner when i realize that i have not achieved all my dreams.
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