In Plato’s famous Allegory of the Cave in The Republic, he describes the journey one may take from ignorance to knowledge. And, the sun is described as the source of knowledge, and by this source, we also know other things as well - on their own and in relationship to one another.

I think that if we think of this as a relative allegory, we can imagine situations wherein the “sun” is something different. Say for example, you, or me.

However, we must set our opinions of others or of other groups from these places of ignorance or of opinion. The source of opinion - unfortunately - is often from misrepresentations of people, or particular groups of people.

I think that we need to work through the “cave” and work towards knowledge as often as we can rather than forming our views from places of ignorance or opinion.

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