2007-01-25 14:17:05 · 2 answers · asked by Fish <>< 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Most people can't see things the way they really are. A few become enlightened. When they try to show others the way, they are not believed. It is hard for the enlightened people to go back in the darkness and live with the "blind" people.
2007-01-25 15:12:55 · answer #1 · answered by mfg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a similar analogy to "seeing through a glass darkly". Or like that book from the seventies about the "Flatlanders". Essentially we live in darkness, knowing only what we think we can experience through the senses. It's saying that this is a very limited very of reality, very fragmented. It is analogy to the crudity of the human condition, the ignorance of humanity and it's resistance to really examining our thinking and way of being and asking ourselves, "Is this really so, is this reality?" rather than actually questioning it and turning to face ourselves.
2007-01-25 15:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by ineeddonothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋