CentralNotice Allegory of the Cave From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Plato's Allegory of the Cave by Jan Saenredam , according to Cornelis van Haarlem , 1604, Albertina , Vienna Part of a series on Plato Plato from The School of Athens by Raphael , 1509 Early life Works Platonism Epistemology Idealism / Realism Demiurge Theory of Forms Transcendentals Form of the Good Third man argument Euthyphro dilemma Five regimes Philosopher king Allegories and metaphors Atlantis Ring of Gyges The cave The divided line The sun Ship of state Myth of Er The chariot Related articles Commentaries The Academy in Athens Socratic problem Middle Platonism Neoplatonism and Christianity Philosophy portal v t e The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave , Plato's Cave or Parable of the Cave ) i...